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...October campaign surprise coming as Obama struggles to find traction.
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http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1343404602-Construction-A-Go-For-Southern-Leg-Of-Keystone-XL.html
Construction A Go For Southern Leg Of Keystone XL
July 27, 2012
by: Andrew Schneider
President Barack Obama encouraged TransCanada to pursue the Gulf Coast
project after he rejected the broader Keystone XL plan, saying it needed
to be rerouted around Nebraska�s environmentally sensitive Sandhills
region. For that project, the company needs presidential approval
because it crosses an international border. The shorter portion only
requires permits from state and federal agencies.
The company is working with Nebraska�s Department of Environmental
Quality to map an alternate route
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..."working with"...or done and in the bag waiting for Obama's October
surprise?
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http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/04/transcanada-applies-for-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit/?__lsa=3997a83c
TransCanada takes another crack at Keystone XL pipeline with new route
Sheldon Alberts, Postmedia News | May 4, 2012
WASHINGTON � TransCanada Corp. on Friday reapplied to the U.S. State
Department for a presidential permit to build the controversial Keystone
XL oilsands pipeline, immediately triggering a new fight with opponents
over the scope of a coming environmental impact study into the project.
In an interview with Postmedia News, TransCanada executive Alex Pourbaix
said the Calgary-based company expects the Obama administration�s review
of Keystone XL to be limited to the new rerouted portion of the pipeline
through Nebraska.
TransCanada submitted its new application for a presidential permit just
two weeks after it proposed several new routes for Keystone XL that
avoid the ecologically fragile Sand Hills region of Nebraska.
President Barack Obama denied TransCanada�s original permit application
in January, citing his administration�s concerns about the impact
construction would have on the delicate topsoil in the Sand Hills region
and the potential for pollution of the vast Ogallala Aquifer that
underlies the area.
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Obama will launch this one as a play for union votes and a try at
neutralizing Romney's pro-jobs and domestic energy policies.
Folks, this is what his cavalier use of the Executive Order is all about
- cheap campaign shell games for a work already in progress, and a deal
obviously made months ago!
TCP would never build the southern leg is the northern feeder were not
to be approved.
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