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   From: puela@nyet.ca   
      
   And Alberta's premier is crowing about this being 'good news for Alberta'.   
      
   Money and profit before democratic rights of citizens, eh, Prentice?   
      
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   7 Hours Ago - The Associated Press   
      
      
   Nebraska court tosses suit over Keystone pipeline   
      
      
   Nebraska's highest court tossed a lawsuit Friday challenging a proposed route   
   for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, saying the landowners who sued didn't have   
   legal standing to do so.   
      
   The closely watched Nebraska Supreme Court decision could remove a major   
   roadblock for the $7 billion cross-continental project that Republicans have   
   vowed to make a key part of their 2015 agenda in Congress.   
   	   
   	White House: Obama won't sign Keystone bill   
      
   In a split-decision, the court ruled that the three landowners who sued the   
   state failed to show they had legal standing to bring their case. Four judges   
   on the seven-judge court agreed that they did have legal standing, but because   
   the case raised a constitutional question, a super-majority of five judges was   
   needed.   
      
   "The legislation must stand by default," the court said in the opinion.   
      
   	Economics no longermake Keystone pipeline viable   
      
   The lawsuit challenged a 2012 state law that allowed the governor to empower   
   Calgary-based TransCanada to force eastern Nebraska landowners to sell their   
   property for the project. A lower court had sided with the landowners, who said   
   that power resided with the Nebraska Public Service Commission, which regulates   
   pipelines and other utilities.   
      
   The proposed 1,179-mile pipeline would carry more than 800,000 barrels of crude   
   oil a day from Canada to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast, passing through   
   Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma along the way.   
      
   The newly empowered Republican-led Congress is moving ahead on approving the   
   project, with the House scheduled to vote on Friday. The Senate is expected to   
   finish the bill by the end of the month, setting up a showdown with President   
   Barack Obama, who has threatened a veto.   
      
   	Despite veto threat, Senate advances pipeline bill   
      
   The pipeline needs presidential approval because it would cross the U.S.-Canada   
   border.   
      
   Environmentalists and other opponents argue that any leaks could contaminate   
   water supplies, and that the project would increase air pollution around   
   refineries and harm wildlife. But the GOP, oil industry and other backers say   
   those fears are exaggerated, and that the pipeline would create jobs and ease   
   American dependence on oil from the Middle East. They note a U.S. State   
   Department report raised no major environmental objections.   
      
   TransCanada has said that if the Nebraska Supreme Court invalidated its   
   proposed route, it would reapply through the Nebraska Public Service   
   Commission, which currently includes four Republicans and one Democrat.   
   Members are elected by district and generally take about seven months to   
   approve or deny an application.   
      
   Members of the commission are elected by district and generally take about   
   seven months to approve or deny an application.   
      
   Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman opposed TransCanada's original proposed route that   
   crossed the environmentally sensitive Sandhills region, but he approved the   
   project in 2012 after the company altered the pipeline's path to avoid the   
   Sandhills.  Heineman noted that the proposal was reviewed by the Department of   
   Environmental Quality, which is part of his administration.   
      
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