Keystone XL Pipeline: Deciding Without Data

Environment News Service: The U.S. State Department is in the process of deciding whether the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline would be in the U.S. national interest, but the determination is being made without Keystone XL`s digital GIS data, such as the longitude and latitude of milepost markers, waterbody crossings and the centerline route. In response to a Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, request for the proposed pipeline`s digital GIS data, the U.S. State Department stated that not only did the proposing......

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