Title
Fonti Engergetiche Transfrontaliere E Diritto Ambientale, Politica E Politiche: Il Caso Del Gasdotto Keystone Pipeline in Canada E Negli Stati Uniti (Transboundary Environmental Energy and Environmental Law, Policy and Politics: The Keystone Pipeline Case)
Recommended Citation
Joseph F.C. DiMento, Fonti Engergetiche Transfrontaliere E Diritto Ambientale, Politica E Politiche: Il Caso Del Gasdotto Keystone Pipeline in Canada E Negli Stati Uniti (Transboundary Environmental Energy and Environmental Law, Policy and Politics: The Keystone Pipeline Case), 28 Rivista Giurdica dell'Ambiente 645 (2013).
Abstract
The Keystone XL pipeline refers to one segment of a multi stage set of projects which is aimed at bringing oil sands bitumen from the sand tars area of Alberto, Canada to refineries in the United States. The first three phases of the project are either operational or under construction and crude oil is being delivered to Mid-West markets. It is the fourth that confronts Canadian and United States officials as this article is being written. In this brief summary I describe the background of the controversy and the decision making framework and outline possible legal actions that may be taken whatever the decision of the Obama and relevant Canadian administrations.