Energy and Environment

Court blocks Keystone XL route through Nebraska

By Zack Colman
Published February 19, 2014 5:00am ET
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Court blocks Keystone XL route through Nebraska
Large sections of pipe are shown on a neighboring property to Julia Trigg Crawford family farm in Sumner, Texas. (AP/Tony Gutierrez) | Tony Gutierrez

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally posted at 4:18 p.m.

A Nebraska court blocked construction of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline through its state Wednesday, as it ruled the Nebraska law that approved a new route pushed by builder TransCanada Corp. unconstitutional.

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