Topic - Keystone Pipeline

The Keystone Pipeline System is a pipeline system to transport synthetic crude oil from the Athabasca Oil Sands in northeastern Alberta, Canada to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma, and further to the U.S. Gulf Coast. It consists of the operational "Keystone Pipeline" and proposed Keystone XL (Keystone Expansion) pipeline. Keystone XL has faced lawsuits from oil refineries, criticism from environmentalists and some members of the United States Congress. The U.S. Department of State in 2010 extended the deadline for federal agencies to decide if the pipeline is in the national interest. - Source: Wikipedia

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The Keystone pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline is to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) **FILE**

Keystone pipeline shut down after fuel leak near Kansas-Nebraska border

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Excavation equipment is used to search for an oil leak close to where the TransCanada Corp's Keystone oil pipeline runs through northern St. Charles County off of Highway C, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, near St. Charles, Mo. The source of the oil leak has not yet been identified but the Keystone oil pipeline has been shut and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources official said the the release is stopped. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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This Nov. 6, 2015, file photo shows a sign for TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facilities in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada. TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone pipeline leaked oil onto agricultural land in northeastern South Dakota, the company and state regulators said Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, but state officials don’t believe the leak polluted any surface water bodies or drinking water systems. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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This Nov. 6, 2015, file photo shows a sign for TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facilities in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada. TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone pipeline leaked oil onto agricultural land in northeastern South Dakota, the company and state regulators said Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, but state officials don’t believe the leak polluted any surface water bodies or drinking water systems. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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This Nov. 6, 2015, file photo shows a sign for TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facilities in Hardisty, Alberta, Canada. TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone pipeline leaked oil onto agricultural land in northeastern South Dakota, the company and state regulators said Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, but state officials don’t believe the leak polluted any surface water bodies or drinking water systems. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

The Latest: Company: Spill controlled and no public threat

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The Latest: Sierra Club urges Nebraska to reject Keystone XL

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A timeline of the Keystone XL oil pipeline

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The Keystone Steele City pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline is to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb., on Nov. 3, 2015. In the end President Barack Obama hardly had a choice. Opposition from the Democratic base had grown so intense that Obama would have faced enormous political blowback had he approved the Keystone XL oil pipeline. On the other side, GOP sentiment was at a fever pitch too, transforming an infrastructure project not likely to have significant lasting impacts on jobs or the environment into a powerful, and highly partisan, political symbol. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama: Keystone would make planet ‘uninhabitable’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan has proposed budgets that would put America on track to finally balance the budget, and, writes Nick Novak, President Obama should also listen to Mr. Ryan's ideas on federal tax reform. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this March 11, 2013, file photo sisters Jenni Harrington, left, and Abbi Kleinschmidt pass a stake that marks the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline on Harrington's property near Bradshaw, Neb. The Republican-led Congress appears ready to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline but Harrington says they won't sell out the next generation for any amount, not even $50 million. No matter what actions are taken in Washington, the entire 1,179-mile project could be delayed until the state of Nebraska signs off on the route. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Court upholds Keystone pipeline route through Nebraska

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Signs like this one in Bradshaw, Nebraska, express local resistance to the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast, which would run through Bradshaw. (associated press)

Crude oil will head north of the border to Canada

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Sen. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, one of the Senate's most endangered Democrats, was the lead sponsor of the energy bill that included the pipeline. (Associated Press)

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Crews work on construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline near County Road 363 and County Road 357, east of Winona, Texas on Dec. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

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