BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The U.S. State Department has given a preliminary nod to a $2 billion pipeline that would transport crude oil from Canada through seven states.
The Keystone pipeline, a project of TransCanada Corp. of Calgary, Alberta, is planned to stretch more than 1,800 miles from Hardisty, in east-central Alberta, to refineries in Illinois, with a spur to Oklahoma.
The pipeline, as proposed, "would result in limited adverse environmental impacts during both construction and operation, and would be an environmentally acceptable action," the State Department said in a draft environmental impact statement. [...]
Federal Regulators Give Favorable Preliminary Review of Pipeline
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Federal Regulators Give Favorable Preliminary Review of Pipeline
Associated Press, 9/5/07
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