Full coverage: Keystone XL pipeline
8:58 AM PST, January 18, 2012
Obama administration to deny Keystone XL oil pipeline permit
The Obama administration has decided that it will not issue a permit before Feb. 21 for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, according to people with knowledge of the decision.
7:00 AM PST, January 17, 2012
New ads reignite fight over Keystone XL jobs figures
As the deadline looms for President Obama’s Feb. 21 decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, the dogfight is focused on job numbers. Project proponents tout an enormous number of new jobs created by the pipeline, but a labor institute says those numbers are greatly inflated.
November 11, 2011
Keystone XL pipeline decision delayed until after 2012 election
The Obama administration put off until after the 2012 election a politically charged decision on whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, easing one problem for President Obama but opening another with the missed opportunity to boost job growth.
1:29 PM PST, November 10, 2011
Boehner blasts decision to delay Keystone XL review
The State Department said Thursday that it will delay consideration of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline to study alternative routes, addressing what it termed were environmental concerns about a posssible path through Nebraska’s Sand Hills region.
8:55 PM PST, November 6, 2011
Keystone pipeline decision could be delayed until after election
The Obama administration is considering a move that could delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline by requiring sponsors to reduce the project's environmental risks before it can be approved, according to people with knowledge of the deliberations.
5:39 AM PST, November 7, 2011
Boxer raises environmental concerns over Keystone XL pipeline
In a sign of hardening skepticism toward the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a top Senate Democrat has sent a letter to the Obama administration asking about a possible conflict of interest between the pipeline operator and a company handling the environmental impact study of the project.
October 3, 2011
Proposed Keystone XL oil project draws a divisive line
At hearings along the pipeline's route from Montana to Texas, traditional political bases are at each other's throats.
11:12 AM PDT, August 26, 2011
Controversial pipeline moves closer to construction
The State Department has concluded that the highly controversial proposal for the Keystone XL pipeline would not have “significant impacts” on the environment, removing a major barrier to the construction of a $7-billion project that would ship oil sands crude oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.
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