GOOD NEWs: Judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline [View all]
A federal judge blocked the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline Thursday, saying the Trump administrations justification for approving it last year was incomplete.
In a major victory for environmentalists and indigenous rights groups, Judge Brian Morris of the District Court for the District of Montana overturned President Trumps permit for the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, which the president signed shortly after taking office last year.
Morriss ruling repeatedly faulted the Trump administration for reversing former President Obamas 2015 denial of the pipeline permit without proper explanation. He said the State Department simply discarded climate change concerns related to the project.
The decision once again throws into doubt the future of the 1,179-mile Keystone XL, which for much of the decade since its proposal by TransCanada Corp. has been a lightning rod in national energy policy.
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