'Today's ruling sends a clear signal nationwide that people and the planet must come before profits for polluting corporations,' said Friends of the Earth's Marcie Keever in a Wednesday statement.
Montana Chief District Judge Brian Morris ruled Wednesday that the construction permit obtained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a section of the Keystone XL Pipeline was invalid on the grounds that allowing the construction could potentially harm the environment.
In 2019, a consortium of landowners and conservancy groups filed suit against the COE alleging that oil spills from the pipeline would have a detrimental effect on the surrounding environment. The lawsuit claimed that the approval of Nationwide Permit 12 did not fulfill the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Indigenous leaders and climate activists disrupt business at a Chase Bank branch in Seattle on May 8, 2017. Demonstrators protested bank funding for the tar sands development and projects like the Keystone XL pipeline.Still under construction, the Keystone XL pipeline is expected to run from Alberta, Canada to Steele City, Nebraska for a distance of 1,179 miles. It was designed to be an expansion of the current Keystone pipeline.
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