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December 12, 2012

TransCanada Ordered to Halt Keystone Pipeline Work on Texas Property 
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Trans Canada has been ordered to suspend construction on a private
property in Texas where it is building part of the controversial
Keystone XL oil pipeline after a landowner filed a lawsuit saying the
company lied about the type of oil it would be transporting. The
Keystone XL would bring Canadian tar sands oil to the Texas Gulf Coast.
But Texas landowner Michael Bishop, a retired chemist, says the company
fraudulently claimed the pipeline would carry "crude oil," which he says
is fundamentally different from the heavier, more solid tar sands
material. A Texas judge has signed a temporary restraining order and
injunction against work on Bishop's land until a hearing can be held.
The Keystone XL pipeline has faced mass opposition from critics who say
it will produce high levels of carbon emissions and endanger communities
in its path.

 

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