Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline, Ending a Seven-Year Battle

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By Yale Environment 360Nov 6, 2015, 12:29 pm84 pts
President Barack Obama has rejected a Canadian company’s request to build the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would have carried 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta’s tar sands to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The decision is a major victory for climate and conservation groups and burnishes Obama’s…

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