A federal district court has denied ongoing legal challenges to the Trump administration’s 2019 approval of TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline. 

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In separate orders handed down late last week, Chief District Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court for Montana denied requests filed by tribal and environmental groups seeking a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order for the controversial project.

The Indigenous Environmental Network and North Coast Rivers Alliance are challenging President Trump’s 2019 Presidential Permit authorizing Keystone to construct a cross-border segment of the pipeline, arguing Constitutional violations, among other things.

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Fort Belknap Indian Community have also filed a lawsuit against the...