Nebraska Votes to Reroute Pipe

摘要

Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday voted unanimously to reroute a controversial pro- posed oil pipeline away from an ecologically- sensitive region in the state, and the gover- nor quickly signed the measure into law. Governor Dave Heineman signed bills to reroute TransCanada's proposed $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline away from the eco- logically sensitive Sandhills region and Ogallala aquifer and to fund an environ- mental study for a new pipeline route.