Environmental activists are turning to the courts to block pipelines

Environmental activists are successfully using the courts to stymie the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda, especially oil and natural gas pipelines, with the latest example being a federal judge last week blocking the long-disputed Keystone XL pipeline.

“This is emblematic of the very orchestrated effort being made to stop energy infrastructure of all kinds,” Don Santa, the president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, told the Washington Examiner. “Pipeline opponents are seizing on every possible opportunity to throw a monkey wrench into the gears of getting these facilities approved.”