ADVERTISEMENTEight days after Nebraska regulators greenlighted the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) cautioned regulators in his neighboring state against giving swift approval to another proposed oil pipeline. That has stoked fears that Keystone XL, if completed, could contaminate the Ogallala Aquifer, the largest aquifer in North America. Last month, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted to require Enbridge to publicly disclose its projections for potential spills from the Line 3 pipeline. “The proposed Line 3 reroute would cross the Red River, the Mississippi, and the Lake Superior watersheds, 192 surface waters, and hundreds of wetland acres. “Tribal communities have also shared with me their deep opposition to the pipeline,” Ellison said.

Source: Huffington Post November 28, 2017 22:52 UTC