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The Keystone XL pipeline show comes to SD on Thursday
The action today is in Nebraska, yesterday it was Texas. On Thursday, South Dakota will get in on what has become national news on any given day. The National Wildlife Federation, agroup opposed to T...
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Keystone XL pipeline expansion driven by oil-rich sands in Canada

Keystone XL pipeline expansion driven by oil-rich sands in Canada Every day, fleets of Brobdingnagian trucks are digging up countless tons of Alberta’s oil sands — a black, gooey mixture of sand, oil and water that lies just below the Canadian province’s boreal forest, an immense region thick with jack pines, spruce, aspen and tamarack trees and fed by wetlands that cover most of the area.

By STEVEN MUFSON , July 07, 2012

Army Corps approves Texas portion of oil pipeline

HOUSTON (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers has approved part of a Canadian company's plan to build an oil pipeline along the Texas Gulf Coast.

June 26, 2012

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EPA has concerns for Keystone pipeline near coast

HOUSTON (AP) — A Canadian company seeking to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has submitted a new application for the southern segment of the project that avoids sensitive wetlands in Texas.

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI , May 31, 2012

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OTHER VIEW: Case for Keystone strengthens

Add Warren Buffett to the list of people who say the Keystone XL pipeline should be given the go-ahead. It’s a list that’s getting longer by the week.

May 10, 2012

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Warren Buffett backs TransCanada's proposed oil pipeline

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett supports building the Keystone XL pipeline that TransCanada wants to build to carry Canadian oil south across the Great Plains to connect to Gulf Coast refineries.

May 07, 2012

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US: TransCanada reapplies for oil pipeline

US: TransCanada reapplies for oil pipeline WASHINGTON (AP) — The Canadian company that wants to build the disputed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. submitted a new application for the project Friday after changing the route to avoid environmentally sensitive land in Nebraska.

By MATTHEW DALY , May 04, 2012

TransCanada ready to apply for a new permit for Keystone oil pipeline

The move will revive one of the year’s most contentious political issues — which has divided the Democratic base between environmentalists and some unions, and has unified Republicans in support of what they view as a critical source of energy supply for the U.S. — just months before the November elections.

By JULIET EILPERIN , May 04, 2012

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TransCanada submits new oil line route

WASHINGTON (AP) — The company planning the disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline has proposed a new route through Nebraska that avoids the state’s environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.

April 19, 2012

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OPINION: Pipeline opposition is wishful thinking

OPINION: Pipeline opposition is wishful thinking What other options do we have that will provide a more acceptable bridge to a theoretically sustainable future? Exactly none.

By Rick Snedeker , March 23, 2012

LETTER: Bakken oil field should be further developed

Within a decade, this oil field will produce approximately 3 million barrels of oil per day. Expansion and development of oil refining near and around existing refineries can provide huge benefits to the northern region.

By Chuck Noble , March 10, 2012

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Keystone pipeline amendment among those batted down by senators

WASHINGTON — After lobbying by President Barack Obama and Senate Democratic leaders, the Senate Thursday defeated legislation to speed up construction of a U-S.-Canadian oil pipeline.

By Juliet Eilperin and Ed O’Keefe , March 08, 2012

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TransCanada touts oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Canadian company says it will build an oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas after President Barack Obama blocked the larger Keystone XL pipeline from Canada.

February 27, 2012

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Audit clears State Department in Keystone pipeline review

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department's internal watchdog cleared the agency Thursday of any impropriety in its review of a permit for a controversial pipeline that that would carry Canadian oil produced from tar sands to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast.

February 09, 2012

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Senators offer bill on Keystone XL pipeline

U.S. Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and John Thune, R-S.D., joining 42 other Republican senators and one Democrat, introduced a bill Monday to authorize the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, despite President Obama’s nixing of the idea last week.

By STEPHEN J. LEE , February 01, 2012

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Legal questions raised on bill to strip Obama of power on Keystone pipeline

Legal questions raised on bill to strip Obama of power on Keystone pipeline WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican bill that would strip President Barack Obama of his authority to decide on a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline raises "serious" legal questions, the State Department said Wednesday in objecting to the bill.

By MATTHEW DALY , January 25, 2012

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