Keystone XL pipeline to be redirected

The controversial Keystone XL pipeline is moving to avoid an environmentally sensitive part of Nebraska.

The president of TransCanada’s energy and oil pipelines stated that Nebraskans would have a say in determining the final route. Nebraska’s Department of Environmental Quality is working with the U.S. State Department to find the best location for the pipeline.

Roughly three thousand kilometres of pipeline would carry crude oil from Alberta to Texas Gulf coast refineries. The U.S. federal government recently delayed the decision on a federal permit for the project to study alternative routes.

Environmental group Centre of Biological Diversity is suing the U.S. State Department to stop the project. They claim that any changes will still pose an environmental threat.

The Alberta Premier is confident that the project will go through.