U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline Project
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A US appeals court has turned down TransCanada’s efforts to resume work on its $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline project, which has been on hold due to environmental concerns.
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused to overturn an earlier ruling of the US District Court for the District of Montana, which blocked the construction of the 1,900km long Keystone XL pipeline.
The appeals court said that the injunction on construction of the Canada-US tar sands pipeline project will continue until it takes a decision on the merits of the case.
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled: “The initial jurisdictional questions are complex, and TransCanada has not made the requisite strong showing that they are likely to prevail on the merits.
“The record shows that the district court carefully considered all applicable factors in denying the stay of its injunction. Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 433-34 (2009). We see no abuse of discretion in refusing to stay the order.
“The district court has previously narrowed the scope of its injunction. Without prejudging the merits of this appeal at this preliminary stage, we deny TransCanada’s motion that we narrow it further.”
TransCanada told the appeals court that if it cannot start construction on the pipeline project by 15 March, then it could altogether miss the 2019 construction season.
The decision from the appeals court leaves TransCanada to possibly start construction on the pipeline project, latest by 2020.
Source: Compelo
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