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September 29, 2011

State Dept. Holds Public Hearings on Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline 
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Public hearings are being held from Montana to the Gulf Coast as the
State Department weighs the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would
bring oil from Canada's tar sands fields to refineries in Texas. A
hearing tonight in Atkinson, Nebraska, is expected to double the town's
population of 1,300 people. The State Department is preparing to issue a
final ruling on the pipeline after signaling its support one month ago.



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