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Report: Keystone contractor followed federal rules

By Matthew Daly
Published February 27, 2014 1:51am ET
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Report: Keystone contractor followed federal rules
Climate change activists rallied outside the Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 prior to the visit of President Barack Obama. They urged Obama to reject the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast and say oil trains from North Dakota are disrupting Amtrak traffic. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) | Jim Mone

WASHINGTON (AP) — A consulting firm that helped write an environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline complied with federal rules regarding possible conflict of interest, the State Department’s inspector general said Wednesday in a report that buoyed supporters of the controversial pipeline and disappointed critics.

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