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Keystone pipeline project clears hurdle
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2aa4a9f4-cffe-11e0-81e2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1W8CiM4gO

August 26, 2011 6:45 pm
By Ed Crooks in New York

The proposed Keystone XL pipeline system to bring oil from Canada to Texas has cleared an important hurdle with a report from the US state department, arguing that it would not cause any insurmountable environmental problems.

U.S. Offers Key Support to Canadian Pipeline
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/27/business/energy-environment/us-state-department-to-allow-canadian-pipeline.html

By JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Published: August 26, 2011

WASHINGTON — The State Department gave a crucial green light on Friday to a proposed 1,711-mile pipeline that would carry heavy oil from oil sands in Canada across the Great Plains to terminals in Oklahoma and the Gulf Coast.