Oil pipeline

Seven Nebraska landowners on Friday filed suits against the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, alleging that a state law that cleared the way for the massive project violates the state's constitution. The legal action comes a week after the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled in...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate advanced a bill on Monday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline as Republicans, who have made the project their first priority of the year, try to line up enough votes to overcome a potential veto by President Barack Obama. The Senate voted...

WASHINGTON — Legislation to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline began racing through the U.S. Congress on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be coming together in a challenge of President Barack Obama's oversight of the project. In a series...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans plan to put approval of the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline on a fast track early next year if they win a U.S. Senate majority in November, finally forcing President Barack Obama to make a tough call on the controversial plan. The $10...

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY - North America's three leaders will discuss a controversial pipeline project that would transport Canadian crude deep into the United States at a trade summit this week,Mexico's top diplomat said on Monday, adding he does not see it as a competitive...

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota officials say test results confirmed that rivers in the northwestern part of the state have not been affected by an oil pipeline rupture in Montana. State Water Quality Director Dennis Fewless says the results completed Friday came back negative...

Judge dismisses suit over oil pipeline expansions Eds: APNewsNow. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A federal judge in Minnesota has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the permits for oil pipelines in the Upper Midwest. The environmental groups who brought the lawsuit claimed the government...