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There are rich deposits of oil hidden away in sand and untill recently un able to extreact it, but now new technology has surfaced and it make it quite easy to get the oil out of the sand.
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TransCanada files its first application to the State Department for a cross-border permit.
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hed-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the administration was “inclined” to approve the pipeline, comments which galvanized environmentalists to protest the project.
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Mr. Obama formally rejects TransCanada’s permit, blames congressional Republicans for forcing his hand and signals that the company should apply for another permit.
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Citing environmental concerns over the pipeline’s route in Nebraska, President Barack Obama says a final decision on the pipeline won’t come until after the 2012 presidential election because a new route must be selected.
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The State Department releases its final environmental impact statement, finding—as the previous one did—that the pipeline would not significantly exacerbate climate change.
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The State Department announces it is indefinitely extending the inter-agency review of the pipeline, citing ongoing litigation over a Nebraska law that allowed the pipeline’s route through the state.
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Republican congress pass the bill through congress to just have president Obama Veto it.
