US delays Keystone XL decision to Q1 2013

摘要

Washington-The US State Department November 10 said it will delay a decision on permitting the Keystone XL pipeline for more than a year until it considers alternate routes that avoid the environmentally sensitive Sandhills area of Nebraska. The reconsideration requires a new environmental analysis, which means no decision can be made until at least the first quarter of 2013, the State Department said. The agency had indicated it would make a decision on the crude oil pipeline by the end of this year, although there were recent signs this deadline was slipping.