McClatchy Newspapers: A pipeline that would greatly expand imports of oil sands crude from Canada won't significantly threaten water in the Great Plains or have much impact on climate change, the State Department argued in a final environmental impact statement it made public Friday.
While not the final go-ahead, the environmental assessment offered a preview of the Obama administration's pro-pipeline arguments in the face of efforts by environmental groups to get the United States to take action to reduce carbon emissions.......
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State Department signs off on controversial oil sands pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 27th, 2011
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