President Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline, But TransCanada Plans to File New Request

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President Obama Jan. 18 denied a presidential permit for the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline from Canada to Texas, but TransCanada Corp. said it plans to file another application to keep the project going.On Capitol Hill, House and Senate Republicans said they intend to keep pressuring the administration to approve the politically charged project by inserting more congressionally mandated deadlines in future legislation.Obama faced a Feb. 21 mandated deadline by Congress to make a decision on TransCanada Corp.'s permit application to build a $7 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to Texas Gulf Coast refineries.