The Nebraska Supreme Court (United States) has finally approved the route for the controversial Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, overturning a ruling by a lower court that blocked the construction in February 2014. Meanwhile, the US Senate energy committee has approved the development of the project and the draft will now be examined by the full Senate.
The Keystone XL Pipeline is a proposed 1,897 km crude oil pipeline beginning in Hardisty, Alberta (Canada), and extending south to Steele City, Nebraska (United States). A Nebraska law was passed in 2012 to allow the state governor to approve the pipeline route through Nebraska despite landowners' denial; the route was approved in January 2013, paving the way for a commissioning of the pipeline in 2015. Some of the landowners filed a lawsuit, claiming that this decision should have been made by the Public Service Commission, and received support from the court.
Source: Transcanada