In a major ruling that’s flown under the radar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit - based in Denver, Colorado – decided not to grant the Sierra Club and Clean Energy Future Oklahoma a temporary injunction on the construction of the southern half of Transcanada’s Keystone XL tar sands export pipeline. The Court’s decision hinged on an “injury” balancing test: Would Transcanada be hurt more financially from receiving an injunction? Had it lost, it would be stuck with one until Sierra Club, et al receive a U.S. District Court decision on the legality of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to grant Transcanada a Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12) for construction of what’s now called the Gulf Coast Pipeline in February 2012. counterpunch.org/2013/10/14/transcanadas-keystone-xl-profits-more-important-than-environment/
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 02:23:24 +0000
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