WASHINGTON – The Canadian government made a last-ditch pitch for the Keystone XL pipeline Wednesday as the U.S. capital was gearing up for an imminent decision on the project after six years of delay.Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford made the 11th-hour case in meetings in Washington with the U.S. State Department, his counterpart Ernest Moniz and pro-pipeline lawmakers.He apparently received no guarantees, aside from a promise that the clock will start again on a regulatory process that had 18 days left when it was suspended last spring by a court dispute in Nebraska.The Obama administration has given little indication that …read more
Source: National Newswatch
