What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline and Why Did the Developer Abandon It? - WSJ

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What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline and Why Did the Developer Abandon It?

The decision hands a win to environmentalists who campaigned for years to block new pipeline construction

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A supply depot in Alberta, Canada, servicing the Keystone XL, an expansion of the Keystone pipeline, which carries Canadian crude into the U.S. Photo: todd korol/Reuters

Canada’s TC Energy Corp. TRP 1.07%increase; green up pointing triangle and the Albertan provincial government’s decision to scuttle the Keystone XL oil pipeline Wednesday brings an end to a decadelong fight over the pipeline intended to carry Canadian crude to the U.S.

Here is a brief history of the long-contested project, which has now faced judgment from three U.S. presidential administrations, and a look at what likely comes next.

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