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US says no major climate impact from Keystone pipeline
2014-01-31 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The US State Department on Friday released a long-awaited review of a controversial pipeline project to bring oil from Canada to Texas, concluding it would have little impact on climate change or the environment. The final environmental impact assessment could now pave the way for US President Barack Obama to approve the $5.3 billion, 1,179-mile (1,897-kilometer) Keystone XL pipeline, first proposed back in 2008. The project has pitched environmental groups against the oil industry, which has...
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