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Keystone XL Pipeline Construction to Forge Ahead During Coronavirus Pandemic

Keystone XL Pipeline Construction to Forge Ahead During Coronavirus Pandemic

The company behind the controversial and long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline announced it would proceed with the project Tuesday, despite concerns about the climate impacts of the pipeline and the dangers of transporting construction crews during a pandemic. Pipeline owner TC Energy Corp. also announced that Alberta’s government had invested around .1 billion to cover most […]

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    Keystone XL Inches Closer to Reality

    Keystone XL Inches Closer to Reality

    A Nebraska court has granted a victory to the owner of the Keystone XL pipeline, removing one of the last major challenges in the project’s way. The state’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously that the state’s Public Service Commission had acted in the public interest in approving an alternate route for the pipeline in […]

    How ‘Freeway Revolts’ Helped Create the People’s Environmental Law

    How ‘Freeway Revolts’ Helped Create the People’s Environmental Law

    By Teju Adisa-Farrar & Raul Garcia In the summer of 1969 a banner hung over a set of condemned homes in what was then the predominantly black and brown Brookland neighborhood in Washington, DC. It read, “White man’s roads through black men’s homes.” Earlier in the year, the District attempted to condemn the houses to […]

    Could “Liking” an Anti-Pipeline Facebook Post Soon Be Illegal?

    Could “Liking” an Anti-Pipeline Facebook Post Soon Be Illegal?

    By Joshua Axelrod A new South Dakota law — written in consultation with the company that owns Keystone XL — could punish people for exercising their right to peaceful protest. Is it a harbinger of things to come? America was born out of protest. Revolution and rebellion, bred in part by crackdowns on protests, affirmed […]

    Trump Issues New Presidential Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline

    Trump Issues New Presidential Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline

    President Trump signed an order greenlighting the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline Friday, a move that circumvents a court’s decision to block a previous federal permit on the long-delayed project. The new permit gives owner TransCanada permission to “construct, connect, operate and maintain” the pipeline on U.S. territory. A district judge in Montana last […]

    South Dakota County Secures More Jail Cells to Prepare for KXL Pipeline Protests

    South Dakota County Secures More Jail Cells to Prepare for KXL Pipeline Protests

    Officials from a South Dakota county secured more jail cells to prepare for potential protests of the controversial Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline, the Black Hills Pioneer reported. Last month, the Butte County Commission in South Dakota approved an agreement to use Faulk County jails for $85 per day per detainee, should the demonstrations go ahead […]

    2018 Wasn’t a Completely Horrible Year for the Environment

    2018 Wasn’t a Completely Horrible Year for the Environment

    By Jeff Turrentine Was 2018 a tough year for the environment? Absolutely. But were there bright spots and victories among the attacks on biodiversity, climate and public health? Of course there were. Here are just a few, in case you’re feeling blue about the state of our only planet. The Ousters of Pruitt and Zinke […]