More Public Discussion for Keystone XL (Calgary Herald)

The U.S. State Department on Monday bowed to demands from environmental groups and agreed to hold a new round of public hearings into Calgary-based TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

Photograph by: Los Angeles Times, TransCanada Corp.

U.S. to hold another round of public hearings into proposed pipeline

By Sheldon Alberts, Postmedia News June 6, 2011 7:02 PM

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Monday bowed to demands from environmental groups and agreed to hold a new round of public hearings into Calgary-based TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

The decision does not appear likely to further delay a ruling on whether to approve construction of the 2,700-kilometre line, which would transport diluted bitumen from northern Alberta's oilsands to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas.

The State Department said it plans to have a final decision on Keystone XL by the end of the year.
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