BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Native American tribes in Montana and South Dakota sued the Trump administration on Monday, claiming it approved an oil pipeline from Canada without considering potential damage to cultural sites from spills and construction.
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Sec. Zinke Proposes Changes To Sage Grouse Conservation Plans
The federal government’s most recent sage grouse public comment period wrapped up Thursday.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has proposed tweaking conservation plans that were hammered out back in 2015. That’s unnerved some of the people and groups who were involved in that process.
Federal Court Hears Challenge To Keystone Pipeline Permit
Groups suing to stop the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline made their arguments in federal court in Great Falls Thursday. They’re asking a judge to void the Trump administration’s permit approving the project crossing the U.S.- Canada border.
Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline gathered at Riverside Park in Great Falls on Wednesday in support of environmental and indigenous justice groups suing the U.S. government in federal court to stop the pipeline.
Great Falls Activists Rally In Opposition To Keystone Pipeline
Protesters are marching in Great Falls this evening to rally opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The event was organized by groups suing in federal court to overturn the Trump Administration's presidential permit for the pipeline to run from Alberta, Canada across Northeast Montana, down to Nebraska.
