Nebraska Governor OKs Keystone XL Pipeline Route Through State

January 25, 2013Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticle2 Comments

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline that avoids the state’s environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.

Heineman sent a letter to President Barack Obama confirming that he would allow the controversial project to proceed in his state.

The pipeline has faced strong resistance in Nebraska from a coalition of landowners and environmental groups who say it would contaminate the Ogallala aquifer, a massive groundwater supply.

Canadian pipeline developer TransCanada and some workers’ unions say the project is safe and will create thousands of jobs.

The original route would have run the pipeline through a region of erodible, grass-covered sand dunes. The new route skirts that area.

 

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New York Troopers Issue 33,000 Tickets Through Holidays

January 4, 2013Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

New York State Police say they issued more than 33,000 traffic tickets and arrested 538 people for driving while intoxicated statewide in a campaign that began Dec. 14 and continued through the holidays until Jan. 1.

Part of a national campaign, troopers say they operated 29 sobriety checkpoints, a dozen details targeting underage drinking, 10 “saturation details” targeting a specific area for drunken drivers and 41 additional dedicated local patrols against drunken driving.

State police say their results included 22 arrests for providing alcohol to minors and 12 related penal law violations.

In the greater Albany area, Troop G reports 3,077 tickets issued, including 992 for speeding and 66 for DWI, with two fatal crashes during the period.

 

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