Senators call for Keystone analysis

Source: Calgaryherald.com - A group of influential American senators on Friday aired a laundry list of concerns with TransCanada Corp.' s proposed Keystone XL pipeline they said would undermine the United States' clean energy goals and increase its reliance on "dirty" oil from Canada.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a group of 11 Democratic senators, including appropriations head Patrick Leahy and other members of the powerful foreign relations committee, said Keystone "would significantly increase our dependence on this (oilsands) oil for decades . . . we believe the Department of State should not pre-judge the outcome of what should be a thorough, transparent analysis of the need for this oil and its impacts on our climate and clean energy goals."
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