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November 21, 2017

Nebraska Regulator Approves Keystone XL Pipeline
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Nebraska regulators have approved the controversial Keystone XL
pipeline, dealing a blow to the nearly decade-long battle to stop the
project. On Monday, regulators rejected Trans Canada's preferred route
but approved an alternative path for the pipeline, which would link up
with an existing network to carry oil from Canada's tar sands region in
Alberta to refineries as far away as the Gulf of Mexico. Opponents say
the Keystone XL pipeline threatens to pollute Nebraska's Ogallala
aquifer while accelerating greenhouse gas emissions from oil extracted
in Canada's tar sands region. Monday's approval comes only days after,
in South Dakota, Trans Canada was forced to shut part of its Keystone 1
pipeline after a massive rupture spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a
nearby field.


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