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