Obama rejects Canada-to-U.S. Keystone pipeline

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Nebraska, more than seven years after the controversial project was first proposed. "The State Department has decided the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interests of the United States. Keystone XL would have linked existing pipeline networks in Canada and the United States to bring synthetic crude oil and diluted bitumen from Alberta's oil sands to refineries in Illinois and, eventually,