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Protect Water, Habitat And Tribal Rights From Oil Spills

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A massive new oil pipeline is moving ahead before full environmental review and Tribal consultation are complete. Federal officials must stop it.

Protect Water, Habitat And Tribal Rights From Oil Spills

A cross-border permit for the Bridger Pipeline Expansion has been approved by the Trump administration. The project has been compared to a smaller version of Keystone XL and would carry Canadian crude oil from the U.S.-Canada border through Montana and Wyoming.1

The project could involve a new 645-mile pipeline from Phillips County, Montana, to Guernsey, Wyoming, and could increase Canadian crude exports to the United States.2

The White House presidential permit grants Bridger Pipeline Expansion LLC permission to construct, connect, operate, and maintain pipeline border facilities at the international boundary in Phillips County, Montana.5

Environmental Review Is Still Unfinished

The Federal Register notice for the proposed Bridger Pipeline Expansion says Bridger is seeking a 30-year renewable right-of-way for a 36-inch oil pipeline and related infrastructure, plus temporary construction permits.4 The BLM project page says public scoping has ended and that a draft environmental impact statement is anticipated in fall 2026.4

That means the cross-border permit moved ahead before the public had the full environmental analysis needed to understand the risks. The administration issued the permit before completing environmental review and consulting Tribes, and demanded an additional opportunity for public comment.3

NRDC called the project “Keystone Light,” saying it would carry large volumes of tar sands oil along part of the canceled Keystone XL route.6

Water And Communities Deserve Protection First

Pipelines can spill. Construction can fragment habitat, disturb cultural resources, affect private landowners, cross waterways, and increase fossil fuel dependence. Environmentalists oppose the project in part due to past spills involving Bridger Pipeline and its parent company, including a 2015 Yellowstone River spill.1

Federal agencies and Montana regulators must not treat public review as a formality after key approvals are already granted. They should suspend the presidential permit, reopen comment, consult affected Tribes, complete a full environmental impact statement, and require detailed review of spill risks, water crossings, climate emissions, wildlife habitat, cultural resources, and emergency response.

Communities should not have to wait until oil is in the ground to find out whether their water, land, and rights were protected.

Sign now to urge federal officials to halt the Bridger tar sands pipeline until full environmental review, public comment, and Tribal consultation are complete.

More on this issue:

  1. Mead Gruver and Matthew Brown, Associated Press (30 April 2026), "Trump gives go-ahead to major new Canada-US oil pipeline."
  2. Reuters Staff, Reuters (30 April 2026), "Trump signs order authorizing oil pipeline project partially reviving Keystone XL."
  3. Earthjustice, Earthjustice (1 May 2026), "Groups Sound the Alarm on Massive Tar Sands Oil Pipeline, Demand Additional Opportunity for Public Comment."
  4. Bureau of Land Management, Federal Register (1 April 2026), "Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Bridger Pipeline Expansion Project."
  5. The White House (30 April 2026), "Presidential Permit Authorizing Bridger Pipeline Expansion LLC."
  6. NRDC, Natural Resources Defense Council (1 May 2026), "Keystone Light Tar Sands Pipeline: Same Problems, Different Name."

The Petition

Dear President Trump and federal and state officials overseeing the Bridger Pipeline Expansion,

I urge you to suspend the Bridger Pipeline presidential permit and halt further approvals until a full environmental review, public comment process, and Tribal consultation are complete.

The Bridger Pipeline Expansion is a massive oil pipeline proposal that would carry Canadian crude from the U.S.-Canada border through Montana and Wyoming. The project raises serious concerns about water crossings, spill risk, climate pollution, wildlife habitat, cultural resources, private land impacts, and Tribal rights.

A cross-border permit has already been issued, yet environmental review is still underway. The public deserves a complete draft environmental impact statement and a meaningful chance to respond before key decisions are treated as settled. A project of this size should not be pushed forward through a rushed process.

The review must examine spill risks in detail, including risks to rivers, groundwater, wetlands, ranch lands, and downstream communities. It must also assess construction impacts, pipeline safety, emergency response, climate emissions, habitat fragmentation, cultural resources, and cumulative effects. Affected Tribes must be consulted fully and respectfully before decisions are made.

Past pipeline spills show what can happen when oil infrastructure fails. Communities should not be asked to accept assurances without transparent analysis and enforceable safeguards.

Please suspend the presidential permit, reopen public comment, complete a full environmental impact statement, consult affected Tribes, and require strong protections before any additional permit or right-of-way is approved.

Water, land, wildlife, and community rights should come before pipeline speed.

Sincerely,

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