Posts Tagged ‘Keystone XL’
Hoeven says Keystone XL needed to ease Oil Patch road gridlock
>> Reuters
For Sen. John Hoeven, examples of gridlocked roads in his home state help make the case for fast-tracking the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, which would help take more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day — about 500 trucks worth — off of North Dakota roads.
Editorial: Confronting Keystone XL again
>> New York Times
It is far from clear whether one of the new routes proposed by TransCanada would involve less potential damage in the case of a pipeline spill. And a route change does not alter other fundamental concerns.
Editorial: What the Keystone XL pipeline won’t do
>> Washington Post
The best way to insulate Americans from oil-price volatility and other drawbacks of oil use would be to use less oil. The price would still move around, but it would matter less.
Nebraska landowners remain cool to Keystone XL route
>> Omaha World-Herald
Rerouting the Keystone XL pipeline around Nebraska’s groundwater-rich Sand Hills didn’t translate into a kinder greeting for the project from landowners at a meeting in the town of O’Neill Wednesday.
Canadian oil execs put heat on U.S. lawmakers over Keystone XL
>> Politico
Canadian oil executives this week are personally warning U.S. lawmakers that the delay in the Keystone XL pipeline has repercussions on U.S.-Canada trade relations.
TransCanada reapplies, as expected, for Keystone XL permit
>> New York Times
The company will route the pipeline around the environmentally sensitive Sand Hills region of Nebraska, and the revised proposal starts a fresh clock on the environmental review process.
New round of public meetings to discuss Keystone XL route
>> Associated Press
Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are preparing for a new series of public meetings in May sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
Next round of Keystone XL hearings scheduled for May
>> The Associated Press
Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline are preparing for a new series of four public meetings in May sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
New Keystone XL route doesn’t solve aquifer problem
>> InsideClimate News
The new corridor through Nebraska avoids the Sandhills, just as TransCanada promised it would. But it still crosses through an area of permeable soils and high water tables — the same characteristics that make the Sandhills so vulnerable to the impact of an oil spill.
TransCanada unveils new Keystone XL route through Nebraska
>> Omaha World-Herald
TransCanada Inc. submitted its proposed new route Wednesday for the Keystone XL pipeline that would avoid Nebraska’s Sand Hills.
