Clinton Vows Fair Review on Pipeline
Posted/updated on: October 13, 2011 at 2:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has “no reason to believe” that the State Department is biased in favor of a Canadian company’s plan to build a massive oil pipeline from western Canada to the Gulf Coast, as some critics charge. The pipeline route would go through eastern Smith County.
In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Clinton said a decision on the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline will be fair and based on years of work by numerous government agencies.
Clinton dismissed allegations by environmental groups that her decision is tainted by a past relationship with a TransCanada executive who served as an aide in her 2008 presidential campaign. Emails show friendly exchanges between a State official and TransCanada executive Paul Elliot.
The pipeline would travel through Montana, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.
