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To read the U.S. State Department environmental impact statement on Keystone XL click <a href="http://keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/draftseis/index.htm">here</a>.
<noscript>[&amp;lt;a href=&#8221;//storify.com/MacleansMag/keystone-reaction&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&amp;gt;View the story &#8220;The U.S. state department on Keystone XL&#8221; on Storify&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;h1&amp;gt;The U.S. state department on Keystone XL&amp;lt;/h1&amp;gt; &amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;Luiza Ch. Savage and Paul Wells provide highlights of a call with the U.S. department on Keystone. &amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Storified by &amp;lt;a href=&#8221;http://storify.com/MacleansMag&#8221;&amp;gt;Maclean&#8217;s Magazine&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;amp;middot; Fri, Mar 01 2013 13:08:25 &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;The State Department&#8217;s report on Keystone is here: http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/01/keystone-xl-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-is-out/aaronwherry&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;State Dept official: There will be another public meeting in Nebraska on new route of #KeystoneXL #oilsandsLuiza Ch. Savage&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;State Dept: Approval or denial of any one transport project really remains unlikey to significantly impact development of oil sands #KXLLuiza Ch. Savage&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;State Dep. official sounds defensive re conclusion that #KeystoneXL won&#8217;t influence development of oilsands: &amp;amp;quot;anxious for public comment&amp;amp;quot;Luiza Ch. Savage&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;State Dept: In some cases the oil is replacing oil already in US system from other sources so qn is how much difference does it make?Luiza Ch. Savage&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;State department briefing suggests the &amp;amp;quot;no action alternative&amp;amp;quot; section of this report would bear close reading. #KeystonePaul Wells&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;Delighted to report that questions are not better on a State Department conference call than on an Ottawa conference call.Paul Wells&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;div&amp;gt;State Dept. official: Draft enviro statement &amp;amp;quot; has no recommendations one way or the other&amp;amp;quot; on #keystonexlLuiza Ch. Savage&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;</noscript>

U.S. State Department releases environmental impact statement on Keystone XL

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