Keystone XL Update: Injunction Bans Preconstruction; Tribes File New Suit

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Native American Rights Fund

It can be confusing to try to track the active lawsuits against the Keystone XL pipeline. But a lawyer from Native American Rights Fund gave it a shot at the Oceti Sakowin Treaty Conference held in Rapid City this week.

A brief explanation is fairly simple: Montana federal court is handling three challenges to the pipeline, and in Nebraska, the state Supreme Court is deliberating another. The devil is in the details.

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Rapid City freelancer Victoria L. Wicks has been producing news for SDPB since August 2007. She Retired from this position in March 2023.