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Keystone XL

The Keystone XL Pipeline Is Dead, but TC Energy Still Owns Hundreds of Miles of Rights of Way

Many landowners who opposed the pipeline have begun a new fight, trying to regain control of the land they ceded to the company.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A sign marks the ground covering TransCanada's Keystone I pipeline outside of Steele City, Nebraska. The Keystone XL pipeline was set to meet the first pipeline at this location. Credit: Lucas Oleniuk/Toronto Star via Getty Images
Pipes for the Keystone XL pipeline stacked in a yard near Oyen, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Credit: Jason Franson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Requiem for a Pipeline: Keystone XL Transformed the Environmental Movement and Shifted the Debate over Energy and Climate

By Marianne Lavelle

The Syncrude Canada Ltd. oil sands mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, June 4, 2015. Credit: Ben Nelms/Bloomberg via Getty Images

In Attacks on Environmental Advocates in Canada, a Disturbing Echo of Extremist Politics in the US

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Pipe is stacked at the southern site of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 22, 2012 in Cushing, Oklahoma. Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Biden Cancels Keystone XL, Halts Drilling in Arctic Refuge on Day One, Signaling a Larger Shift Away From Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz

People gather in front of the White House during the Native Nations Rise protest on March 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Native tribes from around the US gathered for four days of protest against the administration of President Donald Trump and the Dakota A

Biden Has Promised to Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline. Activists Hope He’ll Nix Dakota Access, Too

By Ilana Cohen

Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on Oct. 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Too Much Sun Degrades Coatings That Keep Pipes From Corroding, Risking Leaks, Spills and Explosions

By Phil McKenna

Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on Oct. 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Climate Activists See ‘New Era’ After Three Major Oil and Gas Pipeline Defeats

By Marianne Lavelle

Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on Oct. 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Alberta’s $5.3 Billion Backing of Keystone XL Signals Vulnerability of Canadian Oil

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Pipeline construction. Credit: Robert Nicklesberg/Getty Images

2020: A Year of Pipeline Court Fights, with One Lawsuit Headed to the Supreme Court

By Phil McKenna

Keystone Pipeline infrastructure in Nebraska. Credit: Shannon Patrick/CC-BY-2.0

Keystone Pipeline Spills 383,000 Gallons of Oil into North Dakota Wetlands

By Phil McKenna

Pipeline intended for Keystone XL is stacked near Cushing, Oklahoma. Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Court Sides With Trump on Keystone XL Permit, but Don’t Expect Fast Progress

By Neela Banerjee

Flooding washed away a bridge near the proposed route of the Keystone Pipeline. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey

Midwest Flooding Exposes Another Oil Pipeline Risk — on Keystone XL’s Route

By Neela Banerjee

Alberta's tar sands are among the most carbon-intensive sources of oil. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Is This the Beginning of the End for Canada’s Tar Sands?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Pipeline intended for Keystone XL lays unused in a field. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Judge Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline, Says Climate Impact Can't Be Ignored

By Phil McKenna

Native American protestors are confronted by security during a demonstration in 2016 against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, which they will pollute water supplies for the Standing Rock Reservation just downstream. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Im

ACLU Fears Protest Crackdowns, Surveillance Already Being Planned for Keystone XL

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Credit: Paul Horn/InsideClimate News

How Energy Companies and Their Allies Are Turning the Law Against Protesters

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Protesters, including Native American tribes, began opposing the Keystone XL pipeline during the Obama administration. This Washington protest was outside then-Secretary of State John Kerry's home. Credit: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images

Keystone XL Hit with Another Delay: Judge Orders New Environmental Review

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Harold Frazier, chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, supported the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's challenge to the Dakota Access pipeline. He is now pushing back on plans for Keystone XL to cross near tribal land. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

‘We Will Be Waiting’: Tribe Says Keystone XL Construction Is Not Welcome

By Phil McKenna

The controversial Keystone XL pipeline was approved by the Trump administration a few weeks after taking office. The Obama administration had rejected it. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Keystone XL Pipeline Ruling: Trump Must Release Documents

By Georgina Gustin

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