COURTS/ENVIRONMENT/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge ordered both the Trump administration and TransCanada to stop any work on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Thursday [11-8-18], saying President Donald Trump’s approval of the project last year violated several key environmental and administrative laws by ignoring facts about climate change. Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court for Montana ruled that the Trump administration almost completely ignored climate change in its analysis supporting the pipeline’s construction, a shift that unlawfully reversed the Obama administration’s 2015 decision rejecting the pipeline’s cross-border permit. Morris, an Obama appointee, directed the Trump administration in his ruling to prepare a new environmental study before the pipeline can resume construction, leaving the door open to a renewed approval in the future.”
–Alex Guillen, “Judge tosses Trump’s Keystone XL approval over climate change,” Politico, November 9, 2018 6:21 am