Keystone XL pipeline clears hurdle as State report downplays climate impact
March 5, 2013
A draft State Department report concludes that building the Keystone XL pipeline would not speed up development of Canada's oil sands, dealing a blow to environmentalists who claim Keystone would worsen climate change.
The report from the State Department says the Canada-to-Texas pipeline would have little impact on the environment.
"Approval or denial of the proposed project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area," the report says.
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