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KXL Pipeline Developer Plans to Start Construction in 2019

KXL Pipeline Developer Plans to Start Construction in 2019

Construction on the long-delayed Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline is planned for 2019, developer TransCanada said Monday. “Keystone XL has undergone years of extensive environmental review by federal and state regulators,” TransCanada spokesman Matthew John told Omaha World-Herald. “All of these evaluations show that Keystone XL can be built safely and with minimal impact to the […]

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    Iconic Superman Actress Was a Hero for the Environment

    Iconic Superman Actress Was a Hero for the Environment

    Margot Kidder, the iconic actress who passed away Sunday at age 69, was most famous for playing Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the Superman films as an intrepid journalist who didn’t let her lack of superpowers stop her from fighting for what she believed in. In real life, Kidder was similarly heroic in her […]

    Large Oil Spill Reported on Montana Reservation, Contaminating Pond

    Large Oil Spill Reported on Montana Reservation, Contaminating Pond

    A well operated by Anadarko Minerals Inc. spilled a “substantial” amount of oil in the central region of the Fort Peck Reservation in northeast Montana, according to local media. An estimated 600 barrels of oil and 90,000 barrels of brine (production water) leaked from the well, the Glasgow Courier reported, citing officials with the reservation’s […]

    Keystone Pipeline Spilled 407K Gallons in South Dakota, Double Previous Estimate

    Keystone Pipeline Spilled 407K Gallons in South Dakota, Double Previous Estimate

    TransCanada’s Keystone crude oil pipeline leaked 9,700 barrels (407,400 gallons) on rural farmland near the city of Amherst last year—nearly twice the original estimate of 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons), a company spokeswoman told the Aberdeen American News. The Nov. 16 incident was already considered the largest spill in South Dakota, but its new estimate makes […]

    Risky Move: Canada Shipping More Tar Sands Oil by Rail

    Risky Move: Canada Shipping More Tar Sands Oil by Rail

    By Justin Mikulka The Motley Fool has been advising investors on “How to Profit From the Re-Emergence of Canada’s Crude-by-Rail Strategy.” But what makes transporting Canadian crude oil by rail attractive to investors? According to the Motley Fool, the reason is “… right now, there is so much excess oil being pumped out of Canada’s […]

    Inside the Trump Admin’s Fight to Keep the Keystone XL Approval Process Secret

    Inside the Trump Admin’s Fight to Keep the Keystone XL Approval Process Secret

    By Steve Horn At a Feb. 21 hearing, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that the Trump administration must either fork over documents showing how the U.S. Department of State reversed an earlier decision and ultimately came to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, or else provide a substantial legal reason for continuing to withhold them. […]