White House Confirms Obama Will Veto TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline
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The White House confirmed this week that President Obama will veto Congressional legislation designed to greenlight construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the contentious project first proposed six years ago to carry more than 800,000 barrels per day of Canadian oilsands crude from Alberta to refineries and export facilities along the Gulf of Mexico. r15 |r0
