This week a Federal Judge sided with environmental, landowners and Tribal plaintiffs in their challenge to the Trump administration’s approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Natural Resources Defense Council Attorney Anthony Swift says the Judge’s ruling mandates the U.S. State Department must go back and conduct a more robust supplemental environmental impact statement for the mainline alternative route in Nebraska.

He says the onus is on the Trump administration to not only review the Nebraska Keystone Xl route but also other possible environmental issues with the overall project.

Swift says the Federal Judge’s ruling negates the approval by the Nebraska Public Service Commission in November of 2017 of the alternative Keystone XL route.

Swift doesn’t expect the Trump administration to appeal the federal court decision. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Bold Alliance and four other environmental groups are all plaintiffs in the case effected by this week’s ruling.