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January 8, 2013

Keystone XL in 2013: It's Anyone's Guess

Lisa Song, InsideClimate News


AP

Construction on the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline in Texas/Credit: Tar Sands Blockade

After years of protests and lobbying, the Obama administration is expected to decide within months on the fate of the 1,200-mile Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The State Department is finalizing a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the project, which would ship tar sands oil from Canada, through America's heartland, and to the Gulf Coast via other pipelines.

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