State Department admits Keystone environmental impact but says there’s no better way

This story was filed on March 3, 2013

Construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would create “numerous” and “substantial” impacts on the environment, the State Department said Friday in a draft environmental impact statement. But the project is a better bet than any of the alternatives, it said in essen …read more

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