Keystone XL Pipeline Project Blocked by Judge in Montana
- TransCanada barred from proceeding without further review
- Ruling comes in legal challenge by environmental groups
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TransCanada Corp.’s long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline project was blocked by a Montana federal judge pending further environmental review.
Thursday night’s ruling is the latest set-back for the Calgary-based pipeline company in its decade-long push to construct a 1,179-mile long conduit to deliver crude from Alberta’s oil sands to a Nebraska junction, en route to refineries near the Gulf of Mexico.