June 9, 2021: Today, 13 years after it was first proposed, TC Energy announced that the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is officially terminated.
If built, Keystone XL would have carried 830,000 gallons per day of the dirtiest oil on the planet from the Alberta tar sands through Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska, threatening farmland, critical water resources, and wildlife habitat along the way. Since it was proposed in 2008, the pipeline has faced massive opposition from landowners and Indigenous communities along its proposed route and nationwide. One of President Biden’s first actions in office was rescinding Trump’s “presidential permit” for the project.
ELP has been instrumental in preventing the pipeline from being built from the very beginning.We filed at least five Keystone XL legal challenges, including two federal lawsuits challenging the flawed approvals by the Trump State Department and Army Corps of Engineers, both of which secured critical injunctions barring pipeline construction in the four years since Trump fast-tracked its approval. ELP's work to stop Keystone XL has helped to protect waterways, slow the development of GHG-intensive tar sands oil, and defend the sovereignty of Tribes and indigenous allies.
Read more about Sierra Club’s advocacy in the official press release here, and find more case updates on our website here.