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"In 2012, President Obama approved the construction of the southern leg of the original Keystone XL pipeline proposal; it ran from Cushing, Okla. to Port Arthur, Texas.

 But in late 2015, he turned down TransCanada’s application to build a pipeline through Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska citing climate concerns and Nebraska’s ecological concerns.

The 3-2 commission decision comes just four days after a rupture in the existing Keystone pipeline also owned by TransCanada leaked an estimated 5,000 barrels of crude oil in a rural part of northeast South Dakota. "

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/20/keystone-xl-pipeline-gets-nebraskas-approval-clearing-a-key-hurdle-in-9-year-effort-and-allowing-trump-to-claim-a-win/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_keystone-1114am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.51d832ef04ea


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