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Obama administration backs oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas

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

Tar sands
The proposed pipeline will carry oil from the tar sands of Alberta (above) to the Texas coast. Photograph: Jeff McIntosh/AP
 

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.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/26/obama-approves-pipeline-alberta-texas

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