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May 22, 2020

First piece of disputed Keystone XL pipeline finished

  • The three-year construction timeline was put into doubt after a May 15 ruling from a federal judge that canceled a key permit.
    • By MATTHEW BROWN
    Associated Press

    BILLINGS, Mont. — A Canadian company has built the first piece of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S. border and started work on labor camps in Montana and South Dakota. But it has not resolved a courtroom setback that would make it hard to finish the $8 billion project.

    The 1,200-mile pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska was stalled for much of the past decade before President Donald Trump was elected and began trying to push it through to completion.


     
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