A sign indicates pipeline construction as crews establish a worker encampment northeast of Hinsdale in Valley County, Montana, on April 2, 2020. Photo: A.J. Etherington / Montana Free Press
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is allowing Canadian pipeline company TC Energy to begin construction this month of the Keystone XL oil pipeline in Montana, categorizing the pipeline as an “essential” project exempt from his statewide stay-at-home directive, despite the acknowledged threat that hundreds of out-of-state pipeline workers pose to state efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Montana Free Press: https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/04/07/governor-oks-keystone-xl-construction-de.asp
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