US holds firm over Keystone XL
Oil-sands pipeline decision a step nearer as report lodged with EPA; study claims over environmental impact stoke green ire
THE US State Department says “thousands of comments on a wide variety of topics” have not changed its view of the need for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the Gulf of Mexico, or the project’s potential environmental impact. A 320-page report, requested by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), highlights the country’s demand for “stable and reliable” crude supplies from Canada to ease the reliance on imported crude feedstock for Gulf coast refineries. It also seizes on arguments that the rejection of XL will give added impetus to plans for exporting oil-sands crude to Asian markets, leaving global greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions unchanged. Emissions cla
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