Keystone foes seek to preserve push for new NEPA review

Environmental groups are pressing a federal appeals court to preserve a current construction ban and ongoing litigation against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, resisting Trump administration claims that a new permit for the project renders the fight moot and pressing the government to address flaws in the project's environmental review. The calls, in a new legal filing in the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, oppose recent motions by the Justice Department (DOJ) and project backer...