At least, that is what Politico (I know) is reporting.
They report that the State Department will announce the rejection of the current route’s permit at 3PM today, but will allow them to continue planning work to propose and alternate route. Keep in mind that Nebraska passed a bill requiring that any pipeline be routed away from the Sandhills area over the Ogalalla Aquifer, and that TransCanada agreed to it. The WH is pretty much carrying through on its message earlier that it would take more than 60 days to evaluate the data for the permit.
So if the WH does reject it, that is not a permanent condition.
Even though the reason why they are routing this pipeline through the US is because the Canadians don’t want it — especially for product that is expected to be shipped to China. Still, any delay is good news.
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