TransCanada Employs Piecemeal Gimmick to Resurrect Keystone XL

by Gary Kopycinski on February 27, 2012

Gary Kopycinski Author

More in Commentary:

Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026
Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025
An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2012. TransCanada today announced a scheme to circumvent President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline by splitting the project into two segments to be reviewed through separate regulatory processes. In an alarming about-face, the Obama administration welcomed the announcement, stating that it will take every step to expedite the federal permitting process.