Keystone XL hits legal roadblock in Texas

Lawsuit: landowner wins restraining order on construction of Keystone pipeline

A Texas judge has temporarily halted the construction of the southern leg of the contentious Keystone XL pipeline after a landowner in the state filed a lawsuit against TransCanada claiming the company had lied about the nature of the project.

Landowner Michael Bishop won a two-week restraining order against TransCanada that forces the pipeline giant to stop working on the section of the pipeline that crosses his property in Nacogdoches County, Texas, located about 100 miles north-east of Houston.

Texas County Court at Law Judge Jack Sinz signed the order on Friday. It will halt work until a hearing set for 19 December.

Bishop had granted TransCanada permission to build the line on his property based on the company's stated plan to transport crude oil through it. Bishop claims TranCanada will instead transport…

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