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"The Gulf has changed the way the State Department and also the public is thinking about risky energy ventures"

This excerpt is from an Associated Press article.

A federal agency on Wednesday delayed approval of a draft environmental impact statement on TransCanada's $12 billion Keystone pipeline, which will move oil from Canada through several northern and Midwestern states.

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Tony Iallonardo, spokesman for the National Wildlife Federation, which issued a report critical of the pipeline on Wednesday, said the Gulf of Mexico oil spill may have influenced the decision and is a "sign that they're listening."

"It's a first step," Iallonardo said. "I think the Gulf has changed the way the State Department and also the public is thinking about risky energy ventures."

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The National Wildlife Federation's report on the multi-phased project said the pipeline could threaten various natural resources, including the Ogallala aquifer, which supplies water to several Midwestern states.

"Some portions of the aquifer are so close to the surface that any pipeline leak would almost immediately contaminate a large portion of the water," the NWF report said.

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