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Keystone Pipeline Application to be Rejected, Sources Say

If completed, the Keystone XL pipeline will stretch from Canada down to the Gulf of Mexico.
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If completed, the Keystone XL pipeline will stretch from Canada down to the Gulf of Mexico.

Approval for the Keystone XL pipeline – a controversial 1,700 mile pipeline designed to transport oil sands from Canada all the way to Texas ports along the Gulf of Mexico – is expected to be rejected today by the Obama Administration, according to a report from The Washington Post.

StateImpact Texas notes the announcement comes just a few weeks before the Obama administration would have been forced to make a decision on the proposal.

StateImpact Texas also notes that the reason offered for the rejection – the pipe’s route through environmentally sensitive areas of Nebraska – is already being addressed by the company behind the pipeline, TransCanada.

So while the Keystone Pipeline may not be built as currently routed, it’s highly unlikely this is the last we’ve heard of the project.

Wells has been a part of KUT News since 2012, when he was hired as the station's first online reporter. He's currently the social media host and producer for Texas Standard, KUT's flagship news program. In between those gigs, he served as online editor for KUT, covering news in Austin, Central Texas and beyond.
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