After many complaints about the environmental impact that the Keystone XL extension would create, TransCanada was forced to reroute their pipeline.

The Keystone Pipeline is a pipeline system that would transport crude oil from the Athabasca oil sand regions in Alberta to multiple locations in the US. An extension was proposed September 2008, the Keystone XL. Soon after, landowners complained about the route of the extension and TransCanada altered the route of their pipeline. The funny thing is despite the small adjustments, the reroute is almost identical to original route.

Ben Gotschall, energy director for the advocacy group Bold Nebraska, explains the situation,”When you look at a map, when you know the landowners, [you see] they’ve avoided the landowners who’ve gone to the press, they’re just figuring out the easiest way to get their pipeline built.”

TransCanada on the surface appears to have fixed the problem to the average bystander, but to people involved in this pipeline or who has been following this project for the past few months would know that all they’ve done is gone around the problem.

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