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7 Feb 2012

The third part, as with the PMV, is divided into 3 parts: the Northern Shelf and the Marine Environment, Enbridge’s Proposed Marine Terminal and the Port of Kitimat, and Enbridge’s Marine Terminal Safety Procedures. [...] The pipeline joins the existing system in Steele City.10 The total distance is approximately 2,673 kilometres.11 This segment of the project has attracted the most controversy and will, as a result be re-routed through the Sandhills region of Nebraska.12 Environmental concerns from the Keystone XL pipeline include crossing the Sandhills in Nebraska and the massive Ogallala Aquifer to opponents of [...] The New York Times recently urged President Obama to reject the Keystone on grounds that it poses “enormous” environmental threats in Canada and the US.13 The New York Times cites the Sandhills, a large wetland ecosystem in Nebraska, and the Ogallala Aquifer as primary environmental concerns regarding the pipeline proposal.14 The latter spans eight States and provides drinking water for several mi [...] First, in mid- November 2011, the US State Department told TCPL to determine an alternative route, avoiding the Sandhills in Nebraska altogether.26 TCPL continued talks with leaders in Nebraska to address the concerns of the prairie and desert landscape and estimated that re-routing the Keystone XL would delay construction to the end of 2012 or to the beginning of 2013.27 While these delays were e [...] January 2012 6 Canadian Energy Research Institute rejected a presidential permit for the Keystone XL proposal.30 Obama suggested that the decision was not made on the merits of the project but the 60-day deadline that the US Congress passed in December 2011.31 The US State Department did, however, leave the door open for TCPL to reapply.32 While TCPL reacted with disappointment, the company has re
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Authors

Kralovic, Paul

Pages
118
Published in
Canada

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