Protesters locked themselves on Wednesday to logging equipment being used to clear trees in the northeast Texas path of the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline.
The protest in Saltillo came as TransCanada gave Nebraska regulators a new map for routing the pipeline through the state to avoid the Sand Hills region and other areas with similar sandy, erodible soils. The latest map refines an alternative route following public meetings and comments.
TransCanada CEO Russ Girling said in a release that the new route “was developed based on extensive feedback from Nebraskans and reflects our shared desire to minimize the disturbance of land and sensitive resources in the state.”
TransCanada broke ground on Keystone XL’s southern leg last month, beginning work a stretch of pipeline that will connect the oil hub of Cushing, Okla., with the Texas Gulf Coast. The company won final Army Corps of Engineers permits for the southern project in late July.
From Fuel Fix: https://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/09/05/protesters-block-loggers-from-clearing-keystone-xls-east-texas-path/