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18 Jan 2012 15:35

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Politics: Obama administration reportedly turns down current Keystone pipeline plan

  • then Last November, the Obama administration announced they were delaying a decision on the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline project. This elicited outrage from many Republican lawmakers, and temporary relief for many environmentalists.
  • now The administration has decided to reject the pipeline as currently proposed, but this isn’t the end; TransCanada can still apply a plan to re-route the pipeline around an environmentally sensitive part of Nebraska. Which means now we all get to wait for round two. source