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Keystone XL

A field in Zona Vig's ranch in South Dakota.
TransCanada getting 10-year tax holiday in Kansas but could pay $63 million a year into Montana’s coffers.
If the Keystone XL oil pipeline were approved today, residents in the six states along its route...
Jan 5, 2012 | Read More
President Barack Obama
Obama supports the tax deal reached in Congress, but the Keystone XL clause means the pipeline likely will not be built, an administration official said.
President Barack Obama supports a compromise payroll tax deal reached in Congress on Friday but...
Dec 17, 2011 | Read More
Nebraska landowner Randy Thompson speaks out against the Keystone XL pipeline in
"We feel like we're being totally undermined," said rancher and farmer Randy Thompson. "He might be in for a rude awakening in 2012."
WASHINGTON—Nebraskans suspected that somebody on Capitol Hill would try to force the Obama...
Dec 12, 2011 | Read More
Keystone pipeline system
Six policy experts say TransCanada would violate NEPA and would likely face lawsuits if it builds the southern segment without State Department approval.
In the weeks since the Obama administration decided to delay its decision on the Keystone XL oil...
Dec 5, 2011 | Read More
Solar house construction
Under GOP attack for his Keystone XL delay, Obama goes with his base—and the clean economy. Cap and trade loses favor, and solar fights for a key subsidy.
Unions and oil companies painted President Obama as a jobs destroyer for his decision to delay the...
Dec 2, 2011 | Read More
Route of the Northern Gateway Pipeline Project/Source: Enbridge
A new report signals that the Northern Gateway pipeline project will become the next battleground over the future of the Alberta tar sands.
ALBERTA, Canada—Enbridge Inc's proposed $5.3 billion pipeline to British Columbia poses a raft of...
Nov 29, 2011 | Read More
Tar sands mining at the edge of the Canadian boreal forest.
In the run-up to a key European vote Friday that could designate tar sands crude as dirtier, the UK has been secretly helping Canada fight the standard.
The UK government has been giving secret support at the very highest levels to Canada's campaign...
Nov 28, 2011 | Read More
Smart Cars in Albuquerque, N.M.
City and county officials think the pipeline would undermine federal policy and their local efforts to move to clean vehicles and alternate fuels.
A new group has chimed in to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline project that would carry oil from...
Nov 23, 2011 | Read More
Keystone XL protest at the White House on Nov. 6
"Our work is done," said Gov. Dave Heineman following the unanimous vote on Tuesday.
LINCOLN, Neb.—Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday voted unanimously to reroute a controversial proposed...
Nov 22, 2011 | Read More
The Nebraska capitol building in Lincoln.
Concern is growing that new legislation won't protect landowners outside the Sandhills, who may be impacted by a rerouted pipeline.
A week after a Canadian company agreed to reroute the Keystone XL oil pipeline out of the fragile...
Nov 21, 2011 | Read More