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Nebraska regulators approve in-state route for Keystone XL pipeline

By Josh Siegel

Published November 20, 2017 4:13pm ET

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Nebraska regulators approve in-state route for Keystone XL pipeline — The $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline will send oil from Canada's Alberta oil sands to Steele City, Neb., and then on to refineries along the Gulf Coast. (AP file photo)

Nebraska regulators on Monday morning approved an in-state permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the last major regulatory hurdle facing the long-debated project.

The Nebraska Public Service Commission voted 3-2 in favor of the permit, but they rejected developer TransCanada’s preferred route, approving an alternative that would move the pipeline further east.

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