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Judge Hears Trump Administration Request To Dismiss Keystone Pipeline Lawsuit

By • Sep 13, 2019
  • Keystone Pipeline pumping station in Nebraska.
    Keystone Pipeline pumping station in Nebraska.
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A federal judge presided over a hearing this week in Great Falls that focused on a Trump administration request to dismiss a lawsuit from Native American Tribes who want to block the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Nebraska.

Jenn Rowell, founder and editor of The Electric in Great Falls covered Thursday’s hearing and joins us now to share her reporting.

 

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