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meant to determine whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> product <strong>the</strong> company wants to transport is<br />

in fact crude oil.<br />

Landowner’s Temporary Restraining Order Against Keystone<br />

Pipeline Dissolved By Nacogdoches County Judge<br />

Two days after a Nacogdoches County man won a temporary<br />

restraining order against TransCanada, halting construction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

controversial, 1,200-mile Keystone XL pipeline across his land, <strong>the</strong> judge<br />

threw it out, citing a dearth <strong>of</strong> evidence indicating <strong>the</strong> company had<br />

defrauded him.<br />

Texas Judge Changes Course, Allows Keystone XL Construction<br />

to Move Forward<br />

In a blow to landowner’s rights, Texas communities’ waterways and<br />

<strong>the</strong> climate, a county judge in Texas this morning ruled to allow<br />

construction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> toxic Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to continue on a<br />

landowner’s property until a hearing on Dec. 19. Nacogdoches County<br />

Court at Law Judge Jack Sinz reversed <strong>the</strong> Temporary Restraining Order<br />

(TRO) he granted to landowner Michael Bishop from Douglass, TX<br />

earlier this week by dissolving <strong>the</strong> TRO at <strong>the</strong> behest <strong>of</strong> TransCanada.<br />

KeyStone-XL Pipeline’s Fate Could Be Shortly Decided By<br />

Regulators<br />

Starting Tuesday, U.S. regulators will hold regular meetings on oil<br />

and natural gas pipeline safety standards. A series <strong>of</strong> pipeline issues,<br />

ranging from a deadly gas pipeline explosion in California, to a massive<br />

oil spill in Michigan, have brought pipeline safety to <strong>the</strong> forefront <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

American energy debate. The safety meetings, scheduled in Virginia, come<br />

days after environmental regulators in Nebraska end a public comment<br />

period for Keystone-XL, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most contentious U.S. pipeline issues.<br />

David Vitter Says BP Should Hire Louisiana Firms For Oil<br />

Company’s Contracts<br />

BP Plc should hire more Louisiana companies to work on its project<br />

to expand an oil platform to show <strong>the</strong> oil company meant what it said in<br />

advertisements pledging to “make this right” for <strong>the</strong> state after <strong>the</strong> 2010<br />

Gulf oil spill, U.S. Senator David Vitter said on Thursday.

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