{"id":4020,"date":"2018-02-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4020\/problematic-pipelines-the-many-obstacles-facing-keystone-xl\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T19:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:00:30","slug":"problematic-pipelines-the-many-obstacles-facing-keystone-xl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/problematic-pipelines-the-many-obstacles-facing-keystone-xl\/","title":{"rendered":"Problematic Pipelines: The many obstacles facing Keystone XL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>A new investor briefing outlines the many legal and political hurdles still facing TransCanada in its quest to build the Keystone XL pipeline. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/a98e3417-cover_briefing2.png' alt='cover_briefing2' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Download the full investor briefing <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/46b801a5-kxlbriefingfeb18.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are compelling reasons to question whether TransCanada Corporation should proceed with Keystone XL in the midst of federal and state legal challenges to permits, and escalating Indigenous and landowner opposition; in the absence of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the newly approved alternative pipeline route; and given the potentially changed political landscape in 2020. 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