Friends,
The infamous Keystone XL pipeline is at a key crossroads and TransCanada is desperate. The company is using every tool possible to lift the court-ordered ban on construction in order stick to their timeline and begin construction in June.
These next few weeks are critical. If we can keep the pressure on and make sure the ban on construction stays, we can ensure that Keystone XL gets delayed yet another year, causing millions in losses and throwing a wrench is Trump's fossil fuel agenda.
At the latest court hearing, TransCanada's lawyers begged the judge to allow construction to begin, knowing they may miss the possibility of building Keystone XL this year, which would push the two-year construction process deep into 2021.1
A federal judge ruled in November that the Trump Administration needed to throw out their inadequate environmental review and start over.2 As a part of that ruling, the judge halted any pre-construction on the pipeline, causing TransCanada a significant delay that could now push the project to next year.
While TransCanada scrambles, unity among Tribal Nations, farmers, ranchers, young people, and climate advocates against Keystone is growing. Last week, dozens of Tribal Nations and allies gathered in South Dakota to sign the International Treaty to Protect the Sacred Against the Keystone XL Pipeline and Tar Sands.
The gathering honored the current signatories, and celebrated new signers including the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. Being in that room, I was more sure than ever that this pipeline will never be built.
After you sign on, we'll be in touch in the coming weeks with a historic and exciting opportunity we've got in the works to prepare for action against Keystone XL and any fossil fuel projects in your community.
With thanks,
Kendall
P.S. - Watch live as Indigenous Nations sign the Protect the Treaty last week in a historic show of unity in South Dakota, then share the video.
1 - TransCanada asks judge to allow Keystone construction to resume - Great Falls Tribune
2 - Judge tosses Trump's Keystone XL approval over climate change - Politico
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