蒙大拿州总检察长领衔20州联盟：介入两起联邦诉讼，捍卫输油气管道全国许可12号
蒙大拿州总检察长 Austin Knudsen 正领衔一个由20名州总检察长组成的联盟，寻求介入两起联邦诉讼，捍卫一项广泛用于输油气管道穿越河流、溪流与湿地的许可程序。另19个加入联盟的州为阿拉巴马、阿拉斯加、阿肯色、佛罗里达、佐治亚、爱达荷、印第安纳、艾奥瓦、堪萨斯、肯塔基、路易斯安那、密苏里、内布拉斯加、北达科他、宾夕法尼亚、南卡罗来纳、德克萨斯、西弗吉尼亚与怀俄明州。
据 Montana Newsroom 11月2日报道，这两起诉讼挑战的是特朗普政府2026年重新签发的全国许可12号（Nationwide Permit 12），该许可由美国陆军工程兵团管理，允许符合条件的管道项目在涉及水道穿越时获得简化的联邦授权。各州在介入动议中写道，如果全国许可12号被取消，管道建设与维护成本将上升，管道可用性将下降，『蒙大拿州及其公民将因缺乏管道通道而承担更高的运输成本』。
环保组织方面，包括生物多样性中心、塞拉俱乐部、地球之友美国分会、水资源守护者联盟与蒙大拿环境信息中心在内的原告认为，陆军工程兵团未能充分评估环境影响，诉讼指控其违反联邦水法、环境审查法与濒危物种法。Knudsen 办公室援引的数据显示，蒙大拿州每天生产约7万桶原油、每月生产约40亿立方英尺天然气。介入动议只是程序性步骤，并不决定诉讼的是非曲直。
（来源：Montana Newsroom）
Montana AG Leads 20-State Coalition to Intervene in Two Federal Suits Defending Pipeline Permit NWP 12
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading a coalition of 20 state attorneys general seeking to intervene in two federal lawsuits defending a widely used permitting process for oil and natural gas pipelines crossing rivers, streams and wetlands. The other 19 states in the coalition are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.
According to Montana Newsroom's November 2 report, the two lawsuits challenge Nationwide Permit 12, reissued by the Trump administration in 2026 and administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which allows qualifying pipeline projects to receive streamlined federal authorization for water crossings. In their motion, the states wrote that if the permit were eliminated, pipeline construction and maintenance costs would increase and pipeline availability would decrease, and that "Montana and its citizens would incur increased transportation costs through the lack of pipeline access."
Environmental organizations including the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth U.S., the Waterkeeper Alliance and the Montana Environmental Information Center contend the Army Corps failed to adequately evaluate environmental effects, alleging violations of federal water, environmental review and endangered species laws. Figures cited by Knudsen's office show Montana produces about 70,000 barrels of crude oil per day and about 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas per month. The motion to intervene is a procedural step and does not decide the merits of the lawsuits.
(Source: Montana Newsroom)
来源：Montana Newsroom
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图片来源：图：位于海伦娜的蒙大拿州议会大厦。David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Montana State Capitol in Helena. By David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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