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August 7, 2017

Nebraska: Hundreds Rally to Protest Construction of Keystone XL Pipeline
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In Nebraska, hundreds of people rallied at the state Capitol Sunday to
protest construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which was resurrected
by President Trump as one of his first acts in office. The pipeline has
faced years of resistance from Native Americans, farmers, ranchers,
landowners and environmentalists. If completed, it would carry 830,000
barrels per day of tar sands from Alberta, Canada, through Montana,
South Dakota and Nebraska, where it would join an existing pipeline and
carry the oil down to the Gulf.


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