NE landowners continue to fight Keystone XL Pipeline

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Bold Nebraska's Jane Kleeb talks to KHAS-TV News 5 about the Nebraska landowners standing strong against TransCanada and Keystone XL.

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NE landowners continue to fight Keystone XL Pipeline

By Shelby Fenster

Created: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 08:29:00 CST

Updated: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 09:12:05 CST

One month from Sunday, TransCanada will begin shipping oil along the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. But across the country and here in Nebraska, the fight against the northern portion is still going strong.

Despite TransCanada reaching agreements with landowners in the five other states the northern section crosses, Nebraskan landowners are standing firm.

Jane Kleeb, Executive Director of Bold Nebraska, says there are still 115 landowners in the state who refuse to speak with TransCanada.

"If it wasn't for the stubbornness of the Nebraska landowners who are really opposed to this pipeline taking their land away from them through eminent domain, we would be without a fight. There's no question. National environmental groups recognize that. We here locally recognize that. It is their fight. It is their spirit," said Kleeb.

The State Department is still finalizing its environmental report. A decision from the President on the Pipeline could come as soon as March.




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