Keystone Pipeline Legal Challenge by Tribes Clears First Hurdle
- Montana judge allows lawsuit targeting Trump permit to advance
- Judge says it’s a plausible claim Trump exceeded his authority
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Native American tribes cleared a hurdle in their lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s permit for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.
A federal judge in Montana on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s request to throw out the lawsuit. The tribes claim that a permit issued in March by the president to TC Energy Corp. would allow the pipeline to disturb cultural sites and water supplies in violation of tribal law and treaties.