The Sierra Club is suing the State Department for hiding docs linking its KeystoneXL review to oil

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The @SierraClub is suing the State Department for hiding docs linking its #KeystoneXL review to oil industry:
http://ow.ly/lY63r #NoKXL


http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/304725-sierra-club-sues-state-dept-over-keystone-xl-review

A March report in Mother Jones said the consulting firm, Environmental Resources Management, had previously done work for Keystone builder TransCanada Corp. and the American Petroleum Institute (API).

That information was scrubbed from staff biographies at the consultancy when State released the firm’s conflict of interest filings when the agency unveiled the draft environmental report, Mother Jones reported.

The Sierra Club said the group’s attempt to acquire that documentation from State through a Freedom of Information Act request was denied, which led to the Monday lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California.

The State Department is in the process of finalizing its environmental review of Keystone. Following that, it will issue a determination of national interest, which will help decide whether TransCanada is awarded a cross-border permit to finish the project.

(More at the link.)