The controversial $3.3-billion Keystone XL pipeline has cleared two more hurdles, with a Nebraska court victory and House passage of a bill authorizing the project's construction, but the White House says its threat to veto the pipeline legislation still stands.
But supporters of the long-stalled pipeline hailed the Nebraska Supreme Court's Jan. 9 decision to dismiss a challenge to Republican Gov. David Heineman’s authority to approve a change in the project’s route through the state.