'Tremendous Victory' For Wildlife: Federal Judge Invalidates Keystone XL Pipeline Permit

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Source: HuffPost

A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday overturned a key water crossing permit needed to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, handing a major victory to environmental groups who said the oil network could imperil endangered species and threaten drinking water.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Morris said in his decision that the Army Corps of Engineers had failed to consider how a 2017 permit allowing the pipeline to cross waterways could harm some species, including the endangered pallid sturgeon.
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“It was true a decade ago, and it’s just as true today: Keystone XL would be a bad deal for the American people and should never be built.”

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-us-district-judge-decision_n_5e97bf35c5b6a92100e1ee52

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A victory for wildlife is a victory for a prosperous future for us all, one worth living in.

[ArizonaLib]

1. Awesome!

Fossil fuels don't benefit us anymore.

[Bayard]

2. Outstanding!

[marble falls]

3. Some wonderful news! Let a Canadian company "refine" their own shit. Lord knows we got enough ...

of our own here already.

[ahoysrcsm]

27. From what I recall, it was being pumped to ships in the gulf for export.

The US wasn't going to use the Canadian tar sands, or be refined here. I don't remember if we were going to be paid for transporting through our country.

Good riddance to Keystone XL.

[handmade34]

4. ...

[lunasun]

5. Kick ! Good news

[FM123]

6. Wonderful news!

It feels like forever since we got some really good news!

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. So now maybe the pallid sturgeon will get some color back.

[Ferryboat]

8. Don't think for a minute

That this done. Koch money is behind this. Need to get that Alberta tar sand to market!

[ancianita]

9. Best news I'll read all day. Which makes today a great day.

[bluestarone]

10. AWESOME!

GREAT NEWS!!

[AllaN01Bear]

11. yessss. eggscllent

[Submariner]

12. Outstanding decision

the thought of highly abrasive tar sands flowing through and scouring crappy made Russian pipe has been a nightmare scenario. The quartz granule scouring would wear out the thickness of the pipe walls, especially on any bends, and the spills would be massive and devastating to migratory wildlife.

If we can hold until president-elect Joe tells trump to stuff his pipeline up his ass, were good to go in killing this pipeline foolishness.

[rurallib]

13. I hope Orange Donny holds his breath til he turns blue

Although I fully expect him to try to pull some "executive order" bullshit claiming we need the pipeline tostop the corona virus.

[crickets]

14. Fantastic! K&R

[RT Atlanta]

15. Good

and thank you to all the indigenous peoples that have protested so hard and who are fighting this travesty.

[Nacht Owl]

16. Great News

Except that the SCOTUS will have the final say. We all know it's going there. We all know what'll happen there. Sorry.

[StarryNite]

17. Excellent!!!

[diva77]

18. K&R

[wendyb-NC]

19. What awesome, good news.

Thanks for posting, ffr.

[MFGsunny]

20. Yuppas! Some days we win. Much obliged, your Honor. n/t

[alp227]

21. Brian Morris is an Obama nominee

https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/morris-brian-matthew

He began his legal career clerking for conservative jurists, John T. Noonan Jr. and SCOTUS Justice William Rehnquist.

[Duppers]

22. Judge Morris, I want to hug you!

[JudyM]

23. Long live the pallid sturgeon, now a legendary, if oft-unsung, hero.

Woot!

[Blue Owl]

24. K&R

[Hiawatha Pete]

25. Good!

Serves the oil lobby and their conservative mouthpieces our Canadian Parliament just right. One good turn deserves another for all the green energy projects they killed:

1) Spring 2018 - Doug Ford campaign names Chris Froggatt as vice-chair.

2) Froggatt listed as a lobbyist for Irving Oil in 2016.

3) December 2019 - Ontario (Canada) Premier Doug Ford kills the Hamilton LRT.

4) November 2019 - Doug Ford government spent $231 million to scrap wind turbine projects

References:

1) https://www.macleans.ca/politics/for-access-to-the-ford-government-two-names-matter-most/

2) https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/app/secure/ocl/lrs/do/vwRg?cno=358708®Id=863939

3)https://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/9779906-editorial-the-numbers-doug-ford-s-using-to-kill-lrt-don-t-add-up/

4) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-green-energy-wind-turbines-cancelled-230-million-1.5364815

[0rganism]

26. hell, it's about time

finally, some winning

[backtoblue]

28. Kick and Rec!