February 15, 2019
A Montana federal judge on Friday said TransCanada could only perform limited pre-construction activities related to the Keystone XL pipeline while it appeals his decision halting work on the controversial project, and only in privately owned areas that aren't on the pipeline's right-of-way and have been previously surveyed and permitted.
February 04, 2019
The federal government is appealing a Montana federal court decision that halted construction on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until the U.S. Department of State could complete an additional environmental review.
December 14, 2018
The inexorable links between energy and climate change meant climate played a central role in the biggest court decisions of 2018 affecting the energy sector, from Big Oil dodging climate torts brought by cities to the Trump administration's approval of the Keystone XL pipeline running aground due to a faulty review of climate impacts. Here are five significant energy-related court decisions from the past year.
December 10, 2018
Developer TransCanada Corp. may not move forward with certain pre-construction activities on the Keystone XL pipeline while the U.S. Department of State conducts its environmental review, a Montana federal judge has held, delivering another setback to the Trump administration's bid to build the controversial pipeline amid protests by environmental and indigenous groups.
November 09, 2018
A Montana federal judge on Thursday vacated the presidential, cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and halted work on the controversial project until the U.S. Department of State crafts an environmental review that complies with federal law, casting fresh doubt on the project's future. Here are four key takeaways from the court's ruling.
August 15, 2018
A Montana federal judge Wednesday ordered the U.S. Department of State to supplement an environmental review it submitted for an old version of the Keystone XL pipeline's planned route through Nebraska, while declining to vacate the permit of approval issued by President Donald Trump.
April 17, 2018
A Montana federal judge on Monday told the federal government to cough up emails it has pertaining to the Keystone XL pipeline or create a log of materials it believes need not be turned over in a pair of lawsuits in which environmental and tribal groups are challenging the controversial project's revival.
March 30, 2018
TransCanada Corp. urged a Montana federal judge on Friday to rule in its favor in a pair of lawsuits in which environmental and tribal groups are challenging the revival of its controversial cross-border Keystone XL pipeline.
February 22, 2018
A Montana federal judge on Wednesday said the federal government must take a look at what documents it has pertaining to the Keystone XL pipeline to see if it has produced everything it is required to for two suits brought by activist groups challenging the pipeline's revival.
November 22, 2017
A Montana federal judge on Wednesday refused to nix a pair of suits challenging the revival of the Keystone XL pipeline, saying that the federal government can't evade environmental challenges simply because President Donald Trump delegated permitting authority for the controversial project to the U.S. Department of State.