09-11-2018 19:21 via edmontonjournal.com

U.S. judge blocks Keystone XL pipeline, orders environmental review

WASHINGTON — In a setback for the Trump administration, a federal judge has blocked a permit for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada and ordered officials to complete an environmental review.
Environmentalists and tribal groups cheered the ruling by a U.S. district judge in Montana, while President Donald Trump called it “a political decision” and “a disgrace.”
The 1,184-mile (1,900 kilometre) pipeline would begin in Alberta and shuttle as much
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