January 25, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON (AP) A Republican bill that would strip President Barack Obama of his authority to decide on a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline raises “serious” legal questions, the State Department said Wednesday in objecting to the bill.
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January 18, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON (AP) In a politically explosive decision, President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected plans for a massive oil pipeline through the heart of the United States, ruling there was not enough time for a fair review before a looming deadline forced on him by Republicans. His move did not kill the project but could delay a tough choice for him until after the November elections.
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January 14, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A proposed pipeline to carry oil from Canada to Texas Gulf Coast refineries is the “largest shovel-ready project in the country” with the potential to create thousands of jobs and reduce American dependence on oil from the Middle East, US Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said Saturday.
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November 30, 2011 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON Angered by President Barack Obama’s delay of a proposed oil pipeline from Canada, Senate Republicans are moving to force him to act.
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November 23, 2011 in The Dickinson Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Fresh off a major victory in Nebraska, opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline promised a renewed effort Tuesday to kill the contentious project that would pump Canadian crude from tar sands deposits in Alberta, Canada, to Texas Gulf Coast refineries.
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November 23, 2011 in The Dickinson Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Fresh off a major victory in Nebraska, opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline promised a renewed effort Tuesday to kill the contentious project that would pump Canadian crude from tar sands deposits in Alberta, Canada, to Texas Gulf Coast refineries.
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November 23, 2011 in The Dickinson Press
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Fresh off a major victory in Nebraska, opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline promised a renewed effort Tuesday to kill the contentious project that would pump Canadian crude from tar sands deposits in Alberta, Canada, to Texas Gulf Coast refineries.
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November 17, 2011 in The Dickinson Press
LINCOLN, Neb. Lawmakers avoided a drawn-out political fight Thursday after a prominent critic of the planned Keystone XL pipeline backed away from his proposal to keep nearly all oil lines out of the sandy-soil hills that sit atop an enormous U.S. water supply.
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November 16, 2011 in The Dickinson Press
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) Gov. Dennis Daugaard said pushing legislation next year to ensure South Dakota is protected from harm by a proposed oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast would be premature, but at least one state lawmaker is likely to introduce a bill.
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November 16, 2011 in The Dickinson Press
LINCOLN, Neb. Nebraska lawmakers backed a plan Wednesday to have the state’s Department of Environmental Quality conduct an independent review of possible routes the contested Keystone XL pipeline could take through the state, after developer TransCanada volunteered to reroute the massive project to avoid the environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.
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