WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014. To ensure a full assessment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline’s environmental impacts, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a pair of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits today demanding the release of federal documents confirming the endangered status of the northern swift fox. The suits assert that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is withholding records that clarify the species has been protected as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act since 1973 and therefore should have been considered during the required review of the pipeline’s impact on endangered species.
