Briefly:  Army Corps Says Ruling Vacating Pipeline Permit Should Be Reversed

Mealey's (February 5, 2021, 7:29 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Jan. 15 filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that a lower court’s decision should be “reversed in its entirety” regarding Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12), which pertains to the construction of pipelines to carry hydraulically fractured oil and gas.  The Army Corps says a district court wrongly vacated NWP 12 and improperly issued an injunction preventing construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline....