The Rosebud Sioux Tribe has asked a Montana federal judge to put an emergency stop to the Keystone XL pipeline.
The South Dakota tribe and Montana's Fort Belknap Indian Community filed a request for a temporary restraining order on Friday, April 3.
The tribes say it's dangerous to bring construction workers to rural areas while the COVID-19 pandemic is active.
SDPB's Victoria Wicks has this report.
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