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Nebraska regulators approved an alternative route Monday for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. It was the last major regulatory hurdle facing project operator TransCanada Corp., though opponents say another round of federal approval may now be needed.
The Nebraska Public Service Commission's ruling was on the Nebraska route TransCanada has proposed to complete the $8 billion, 1,179-mile (1,897-kilometer) pipeline to deliver oil from Alberta, Canada, to Texas Gulf Coast refineries. The proposed Keystone XL route would cross parts of Montana, South Dakota and most of Nebraska to Steele City, Nebraska.
The long-delayed project was rejected by President Barack Obama in 2015, citing concerns about carbon pollution. President Donald Trump revived it in March, approving a permit.
[...] The five-member Nebraska Public Service Commission was forbidden by law from factoring pipeline safety or the risk of spills into its decision because pipeline safety is a federal responsibility. So, it couldn't take into account a spill of 210,000 gallons (790,000 liters) of oil on the existing Keystone pipeline in South Dakota announced on Thursday.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday November 21 2017, @09:29PM
You look at the countries with the biggest oil production, the big three are Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United States 🇺🇸. And in the United States, look at the states with the biggest production, the big three are Texas, North Dakota and California. That's right, California, a blue state (we're working on that) and supposedly very green, has a HUGE oil industry. They drill in their cities, they do fracking, which they've been doing for a long time. Before anybody heard of it. They do what it takes to get that oil out. They have Crazy Jerry Brown, he's not so crazy. He knows the oil must flow. He goes to Bonn, he was just in Bonn holding a rally. So he's giving his speech and some alt-left protester, some so-called Indian or Native American, tries to shout him down, "keep it in the ground," this LOSER shouts. Meaning the oil. And Jerry Brown comes back with, "let's put you in the ground." I call him Crazy Jerry because he's crazy in a lot of ways. But he had a great answer, that was a very strong answer. I think maybe there's a little bit of Hitler in him. He's no Hitler but I think there's a little bit of the Hitler spirit in him. What is it about Germany and great speeches? Ivanka gave an amazing speech in Berlin. And everybody loves me in Warsaw. Which isn't in Germany, but it used to be.