Nebraska court upholds legality of Keystone pipeline route

Nebraska court upholds legality of Keystone pipeline route
(Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Nebraska Supreme Court just paved the way for the Keystone XL pipeline construction by upholding the route's legality, Reuters reports.

Pipeline opponents had argued in lower court Gov. Dave Heinemann improperly approved the route through Nebraska, but only four of seven Supreme Court judges agreed Friday, one shy of the threshold needed.

Meanwhile, House and Senate Republicans are working on bills to approve the pipeline project. The White House has said President Barack Obama would veto the bills.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.