Keystone XL clears major hurdle in Nebraska's top court

In one of the last major hurdles for the beleaguered Keystone XL pipeline, a Nebraska court cleared TC Energy's (formerly TransCanada Pipeline) route through the state on Friday without the company having to re-start the approval process. The company’s preferred route was rejected by state regulators who then offered an alternate. Opponents argued the company should have to start its application over from scratch, including environmental studies. The $8-billion project has been bogged down