TransCanada has asked the U.S. State Department to suspend its consideration of a permit to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to cross the U.S.-Canada border. The company made its request Monday, Nov. 2, in a brief letter. TransCanada says ongoing litigation in Nebraska has delayed the process at the state level, and so a delay at the federal level is also in order. But a pipeline opponent says there are other reasons TransCanada wants a time out.
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