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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2021 CONTACTS: Dustin Ogdin, Northern Plains Communications Director, dustin@northernplains.org BILLINGS, Mont. – Canada’s CBC News first reported over the weekend that President-elect Joe Biden plans to make good on a campaign promise to stop the Keystone XL pipeline by rescinding the cross-border KXL permit as early as his first day […]

DEQ refused to evaluate full scope of project and admits failure to meaningfully review public comments FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2021 HELENA, Mont. –  Today, the Northern Plains Resource Council and the Sierra Club appealed the Montana Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) issuance of a water quality certification for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 6, 2020 Court Rejects Push from Trump Admin to Allow Construction of Keystone XL Through Waterways Amid Appeal Washington, DC — Today, the United States Supreme Court declined a request from TC Energy and the Trump administration to allow Keystone XL to proceed under Nationwide Permit 12, a key water […]

Court blocks construction through almost 700 waterways along the pipeline route FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 2020 Great Falls, MT — A federal judge ruled today that the US Army Corps of Engineers violated the law when it approved Nationwide Permit 12, a key water crossing permit for TC Energy’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline […]

Illegal pipeline approval violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2019 GREAT FALLS, Mont. — In concert with other conservation and landowners’ groups, the Northern Plains Resource Council filed their opening brief today in their federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s illegal approval of the Keystone […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2019 BILLINGS, Mont. – Speakers from across the western United States gathered in Billings, MT yesterday for a rally demanding protection for water, climate, and land rights against the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline, a project of Canada’s TC Energy Corporation.The rally was organized by the Northern Plains Resource Council and […]

Speakers gather from across the West to ensure the public is heard  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 25, 2019 BILLINGS, Mont. – The Northern Plains Resource Council and the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) have organized a rally and speaking event at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center on Tuesday, October 29 at 4 p.m. […]

Trump administration violated National Environmental Policy Act and Clean Water Act by approving controversial tar sands pipeline FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2019 Great Falls, MT— Northern Plains Resource Council joined a coalition of conservation groups in filing a federal lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ illegal approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to […]

White House attempts to usurp separation of powers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 29, 2019 BILLINGS, Mont. – Late this afternoon, the White House issued TransCanada a new Presidential Permit taking the unusual step of revoking its own prior 2017 permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. A Montana federal district court ruling in November of 2018 found that […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2018 Great Falls, MT – U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ruled today that TransCanada is prohibited from field activities related to the construction of their proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Today’s Supplemental Order clarifies the court’s November 8 decision which found that the Trump Administration failed to comply with environmental laws in issuing […]