TransCanada Corp. said its original Keystone pipeline has leaked an estimated 795,000 litres of oil in Marshall County, S.D., just days before Nebraska is set to decide the fate of plans to expand the pipeline network. The company said its crews shut down the Keystone pipeline system Thursday morning between Hardisty, Alta. Keystone XL would route the pipeline on a more direct path through Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines that feed Texas Gulf Coast refineries. - May Boeve, 350.org executive directorAmerican environmental groups seized on the spill as evidence that their warnings against Keystone XL would come to pass. After years of delay, and rejection by Barack Obama, the Keystone XL project was given the go-ahead by President Donald Trump this year, but it's still mired in economic and legal problems.

Source: CBC News November 16, 2017 22:29 UTC