Martin O'Malley: 'This is what happens when Exxon runs the State Department'

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JUST IN: State Department to approve Keystone pipeline permit http://politi.co/2nHe05u

____ The move by the State Department comes 16 months after Obama blocked construction of the 1,200-mile pipeline, which would ship crude from Canada's western oil-sands region to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The pipeline became the subject of major lobbying efforts by both oil industry supporters and environmental groups, which turned the project into the focus of their climate change campaigns.

Undersecretary for political affairs Tom Shannon plans to sign the pipeline’s cross-border permit on or before Monday, the last day for the 60-day timeline that President Donald Trump ordered in January. Secretary of State and former Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Rex Tillerson recused himself from the process.

While the permit will eliminate a crucial barrier for the pipeline, other hurdles still remain, including winning approval for the project in Nebraska and winning over landowners there who have denied it the right of way...

The company still needs the approval from the Nebraska Public Service Commission to approve the pipeline’s route through the state. The decision is expected in late September.


read: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/state-department-to-approve-keystone-pipeline-permit-236414

[Kittycow]

1. They'll just use eminent domain on the land.

Small government and all.

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2. that was blocked by the courts and Keystone backed off

...in 2015, a judge ruled against the Nebraska state law allowing the seizure of land and suspended the action, causing keystone to change tactics and causing the present delay.

https://thinkprogress.org/transcanada-fails-to-bully-nebraska-landowners-with-keystone-pipeline-eminent-domain-lawsuit-ebb31e7b94c

[Kittycow]

3. Oh that's good news. I didn't know that.

So many issues to learn about for me.

Thanks.