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U.S. EPA Demands Extensive Review Of Oil Sands Pipe [1]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency raised new concerns about TransCanada Corp's proposed $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline that would bring oil sands crude from Canada to refineries in Texas.

In a letter to the State Department, the EPA cited two small leaks on an existing Keystone line last month as cause for alarm.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2011
Timothy Gardner and Ayesha Rascoe [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
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United States Of America (US) [4], Oil [5], Energy [6], Groundwater Pollution [7], Chemical Leakages [8], Health Effects [9], Environment [10]
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