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Obama administration backs oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas

Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian

30 August 2011 •

Campaigners disappointed as White House says 1,700-mile pipeline will not cause significant environmental damage

The Obama administration has given an important approval to a controversial pipeline that will pump oil from the tar sands of Alberta to the Texas coast. In a blow to campaigners, who have spent the...

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