Canadian activists have requested an American judge to subpoena the U.S. government for all files related to the Trump administration’s approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, according to emerging reports —a move that may stoke the existing fire of controversy surrounding pipelines in North America. The environmentalists argue that the administration’s decision to allow the upgrade of the existing Keystone line was arbitrary. Emails and other official documents linked to the decision could help the pipeline’s opponents’ case against the project. Attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice retorted saying the request amounted to a shot-in-the-dark attempt to build a case that amounted to little more than a “fishing expedition.” The Northern Plains Resource Council is one of the plaintiffs in the case opposing the pipeline. “You can’t make one decision based upon the record, then change your mind based upon the same record,” council attorney Timothy Bechtold […]