Year in Review
A look back at the top MTFP stories of 2019
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From the 66th Montana Legislature to the 2020 elections, it’s been a news-filled year.
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Federal judge in Great Falls hears Keystone XL arguments
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District Court judge Brian Morris considered the government’s motion to dismiss.
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Appeals court reverses Keystone XL injunction
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The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a Montana federal judge’s injunction blocking construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on the basis that new executive orders from the Trump administration made the injunction moot.
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Fort Peck lawmakers bring bills to kill or reroute Keystone XL pipeline
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Two bills are aimed at protecting drinking water, indigenous cultural sites, and the environment, but opponents say the legislation would end any hope of building the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Montana judge blocks Keystone XL construction
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A federal judge ruled the U.S. government did not adequately consider climate change and other environmental impacts of the massive transnational pipeline.
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Montana law enforcement gearing-up for mass anti-pipeline protests
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Documents reveal state and federal agencies are training law enforcement agencies to surveil anti-Keystone XL pipeline activists’ social media, and how to arrest protesters en masse.
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ACLU sues feds for documents related to anti-protest activities
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Civil liberties groups say a government report conflated indigenous protesters with violent “environmental rights extremists,” and revealed anti-Keystone XL pipeline protesters’ free speech rights were being chilled by surveillance.
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The fight to save clean water on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
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The Keystone XL pipeline oil pipeline is slated to cross the Missouri River near the edge of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. The Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes say the pipeline is a threat to their drinking water and way of life.