Environmental

Shocking Keystone XL Pipeline Conflict of Interest Exposed by New York Times

Pipeline permit applicant TransCanada recommended firm with which it had close ties to conduct State Department’s environmental review; firm produced fatally flawed review

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2011.   An exposé in Saturday’s New York Times reveals that the State Department “flouted the intent of a federal law” in hiring contractor Cardno Entrix to conduct its review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline‘s environmental impacts.

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The department reportedly allowed TransCanada, the company…

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