OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The
Canadian company that wants to build another oil pipeline to carry crude
oil to Gulf Coast refineries remains optimistic about the project after
President Barack Obama won re-election.
TransCanada spokesman Shawn
Howard says the company believes Obama will eventually approve the
Keystone XL project once it reaches his desk next year because it will
deliver oil from a friendly country.
But Howard says TransCanada
is focused on finalizing the pipeline's new route through Nebraska.
State regulators will hold a public hearing on it Dec. 4.
Pipeline opponent Jane
Kleeb of Bold Nebraska says her group continues to oppose the project
and plans to try to persuade Obama and Nebraska officials to reject it.
Environmental groups worry
the pipeline could contaminate underground water supplies and increase
air pollution around refineries.
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