20-10-2017 00:42 via edmontonjournal.com

Alberta energy industry needs new pipelines, but one route to U.S. faces extra challenges, analyst says

While at least two of Canada’s three major pipeline proposals are likely to go ahead, the Line 3 replacement route to Wisconsin faces greater challenges, an industry expert says.
Construction has started in Alberta and Saskatchewan on the approximately $9-billion Line 3 pipeline replacement, but it still needs approval to pass through Minnesota, where the state’s commerce department argues environmental and socio-economic risks outweigh the benefits.
Although the Trans Mountain pipel
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