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Keystone

The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota.

A decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is almost here

Environment

As the country decides whether or not to move forward with the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, America Abroad hosts a special binational Town Hall on the topic to hear perspectives from all sides of the issue.

Oil and Honey

Pipelines and oil trains provide different risks, rewards

Environment

Oil pipeline from Canada could be election issue for Obama

Environment

Mystery Route For Keystone XL

Preaching for Keystone

Trans Canada, the company proposing the Keystone XL oil pipeline, needs permission from land owners to have the pipeline cross their property. The oil company has dispatched land agents across rural Nebraska to make their case and get landowners to sign on the dotted line. One such land agent has attracted controversy among rural Nebraskans because of his day job. He’s also a part time Baptist preacher.

Arkansas Oil Spill Raises New Keystone Questions

A spill at an Arkansas pipeline carrying heavy Canadian oil could change the outlook for approval of the controversial Keystone pipeline.

Keystone XL Pipeline Report

The US State Department recently released an environmental impact statement for the controversial pipeline that downplays its climate risks and other environmental effects. Steve Kretzmann of Oil Change International is a critic.

The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota.

Pipeline Troubles

Global Politics

Anchor Aaron Schachter talks with The World’s environment editor Peter Thomson about an oil spill that may have big consequences for a plan to pump oil from Alberta to the Pacific Ocean, and play into the fight over the Keystone oil pipeline in the US.

Southern Part of Keystone Pipeline Gets a Push

Cushing, Oklahoma, is called the pipeline crossroads of the world. It’s the world’s largest oil storage hub. President Obama announced a plan to fast track the southern leg of the Keystone pipeline to connect oil stores in Oaklahoma to refineries on the Gulf Coast.