The Keystone XL pipeline would would transport bitumen from Canada’s tar sands to oil refineries on the Gulf of Mexico (Image: © Orjan F. Ellingvag/ Dagens Naringsliv/Corbis)
IT’S relief all round for the wildlife of Nebraska’s Sand Hills. The highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would ferry bitumen from Canada’s tar sands to oil refineries on the Gulf of Mexico, is on hold as the US government launches a new environmental review of the project.
A decision on Keystone XL was expected from President Barack Obama later this year. It is now likely to be delayed until 2013, after the presidential…
