The Alberta-based energy company TransCanada has asked the U.S. government to suspend its permit application for the Keystone XL Pipeline.
In a letter sent to the State Department, which reviews cross-border pipelines, the company asked that its application be suspended as it goes through a state review process in Nebraska, something it previously resisted, The Wall Street Journal reports. The pipeline, which faces opposition from environmentalists, would move up to 830,000 barrels of oil a day from the oil sands of Canada to Steele City, Nebraska, where it would then connect with existing pipelines to the Gulf Coast.
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