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Court Strikes Down Nebraska Law That Allowed Keystone XL Pipeline
Posted by Omaha World-Herald: Joe Duggan on February 19th, 2014
Omaha World-Herald: A judge has declared unconstitutional a Nebraska law used to reroute the Keystone XL pipeline. Lancaster County District Judge Stephanie Stacy ruled Wednesday that the 2012 law improperly gave the governor authority to approve the pipeline route, said David Domina, an Omaha attorney who represented plaintiffs in the case. He said the ruling doesn't necessarily reset the clock on federal approval of the pipeline. President Barack Obama only has to decide whether to grant a permit to allow the pipeline...
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Last Keystone Pipeline Holdouts Are in Nebraska, 27% Haven’t Signed Easements
Posted by Omaha World-Herald: Joe Duggan on December 18th, 2013
Omaha World-Herald: Nebraska now stands alone when it comes to landowners who have yet to sign easements for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. TransCanada Inc., the company that wants to build the 1,700-mile crude oil pipeline, announced recently that it has reached agreement with 100 percent of landowners in five of the six states on the project route. The remaining holdouts are in Nebraska. The company says it has agreed to easement terms with 73 percent of the private landowners in Nebraska. That equates to...