HomeMagazine2013April 2013, Vol. 240 No. 4Obama Draft EIS On Keystone XL Leans Toward Project Approval

April 2013, Vol. 240 No. 4

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Obama Draft EIS On Keystone XL Leans Toward Project Approval

The Obama administration’s positive draft environmental impact statement on the final, four-state legs of the Keystone XL pipeline appears to set approval by the State Department on an exorable path. The draft EIS cleared away the major roadblock: concerns that greenhouse gas emissions from extraction of tar sands in Alberta would be unacceptable. It also found no problem with a new route TransCanada developed to avoid passing through a vulnerable aquifer in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. “Completing the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Keystone XL is an important step towards receiving a Presidential Permit for this critical energy infrastructure p

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