As State Department Begins Additional Keystone XL Review, New Documents Raise Fresh Concerns

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011.  A new tranche of internal State Department documents released today by public interest groups is raising fresh concerns about pro-pipeline bias — just as the department begins a new review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline’s likely impacts.

“What we see in these new documents is additional evidence that State Department officials acted as though they were on the same team as TransCanada, rather than meeting their obligation…