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API Commends Nebraska Supreme Court Decision Re-Affirming Keystone XL Pipeline Route


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LINCOLN, August 23, 2019—Today, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released a statement regarding the Nebraska Supreme Court’s decision to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline’s planned route through Nebraska.

“API commends the decision of the Nebraska Supreme Court to support the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s previous approval for the Keystone XL pipeline route through Nebraska,” said API’s Vice President of Midstream and Industry Operations Robin Rorick. “The Keystone XL Pipeline has gone through ten years of extensive environmental review under both the Obama and Trump administrations, and will create thousands of high-paying jobs, add millions of dollars to our economy, and help provide reliable and affordable energy to U.S. consumers throughout the country. We’re hopeful that this decision will be the push needed to finally get this important energy project completed.”

Multiple federal and state agencies have conducted numerous environmental reviews of the project since 2008, all of which have concluded that constructing KXL is in the national interest and does not pose significant environmental impacts. In addition, the project was approved by Congress in 2015 and the Nebraska Public Service Commission in 2017.

API represents all segments of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Our more than 600 members produce, process and distribute most of the nation’s energy. The industry supports more than ten million U.S. jobs and is backed by a growing grassroots movement of millions of Americans. API was formed in 1919 as a standards-setting organization. In our first 100 years, API has developed more than 700 standards to enhance operational and environmental safety, efficiency and sustainability.

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