With just weeks to go before the Obama administration makes a key determination on the
environmental impact of a planned massive oil pipeline linking Canada to Texas,
protestors are planning a high-profile "sit-in" in front of the White House to block the
project. The Keystone Pipeline System is a pipeline system to transport synthetic crude
oil and diluted bitumen from the Athabasca Oil Sands in northeastern Alberta, Canada to
refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma, and further to the U.S. Gulf Coast. It consists of
the operational "Keystone Pipeline" and proposed Keystone XL (Keystone Expansion)
pipeline. Keystone XL has faced lawsuits from oil refineries, criticism from
environmentalists and some members of the United States Congress. The U.S. Department of
State in 2010 extended the deadline for federal agencies to decide if the pipeline is in
the national interest.
Fri, 11 May 2012 08:01:40 CDTViewed: 72 times. The Kansas Department of Revenue says TransCanada Corp. shouldn't have been approved by the Kansas Court of Tax Appeals for a property tax exemption on the section of the company's Keystone pipeline that runs through the state. According to an Associated Press report that appears on KAKE News, KBOR says such exemptions are reserved for pipelines that give Kansas refineries access to the oil, and the Keystone oil is transported to Oklahoma. The department says TransCanada should owe nearly $19 million
Thu, 10 May 2012 17:18:57 CDTViewed: 83 times. There's disagreement in Kansas over whether oil company TransCanada should be exempt from paying millions in property taxes for the section of its Keystone pipeline that moves oil through Kansas to Oklahoma.
Wed, 09 May 2012 04:57:43 CDTViewed: 62 times. The Keystone XL pipeline is roiling U.S. electoral politics again. TransCanada refiled its application for a permit to build the pipeline with the State Department last week.
Sat, 05 May 2012 22:25:16 CDTViewed: 118 times. The Keystone pipeline is in the news again Friday, as TransCanada reapplied for Presidential approval of the pipeline section which crosses the U.S.-Canada border, according to a Washington Post report.
Fri, 04 May 2012 10:40:16 CDTViewed: 92 times. A Canadian company has reapplied for a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline that would connect the tar sands oil development in northern Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast, the State Department announced Friday.
Thu, 03 May 2012 23:39:15 CDTViewed: 42 times. WASHINGTON - TransCanada Corp will ask the U.S. government as early as Friday for approval to build the $7.6 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline which has been put on hold due to environmental concerns, the Washington Post reported late on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Thu, 03 May 2012 10:21:27 CDTViewed: 59 times. In January, the Obama administration denied a permit for TransCanada, the firm hoping to build the project, on the grounds that a congressionally mandated deadline of Feb.
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:44:16 CDTViewed: 106 times. One of the information booths had to do with the Keystone Pipeline that TransCanada and itspoliticians have tried to get through Congress.
Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:05:51 CDTViewed: 103 times. According to his commentary in this paper last week, Lee Torres feels "Readers should know the facts about the Keystone Pipeline" but doesn't give many.
Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:40:50 CDTViewed: 74 times. Mitt Romney vowed to expand domestic energy production in the United States and also clear the way for construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
