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Nebraska regulators OK Keystone XL pipeline, but on different route

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Nebraska regulators OK Keystone XL pipeline, but on different route

• ZACH PLUHACEK Lincoln Journal Star
• Nov 20, 2017
• Nov 20, 2017 Updated Feb 18, 2020
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Nebraska Public Service Commissioners Mary Ridder (from left) Frank Landis, Tim Schram, Crystal Rhoades and Rod Johnson announce the commission's decision Nov. 20, 2017, approving TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline "mainline alternative" route through the state.

• Journal Star file photo

Diana Steskal rests her head on her husband Byron's shoulder after members of Nebraska's Public Service Commission voted to approve TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline "mainline alternative" route through the state on Monday. The couple are landowners on the pipeline route near Atkinson.

• ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star

Art Tanderup (left), who owns land in the path of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, speaks with media Monday moments after the Nebraska Public Service Commission's vote approving the "mainline alternative" route through the state.

• ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star

Brian Jorde (right), attorney for landowners opposing the Keystone XL pipeline, speaks following the Nebraska Public Service Commission's vote approving the pipeline's "mainline alternative" route through the state. 

• ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star

Bold Nebraska founder Jane Kleeb (right) huddles with landowner Art Tanderup and others moments after the Nebraska Public Service Commission's Monday vote approving the TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline "mainline alternative" route through the state.

• ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star

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ZACH PLUHACEK Lincoln Journal Star

Nebraska regulators have approved TransCanada’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline, but not its preferred route through this state — raising questions about whether the company will continue to pursue the project.

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ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star

Reach the writer at 402-473-7234 or zpluhacek@journalstar.com.

On Twitter @zachami.

How they voted

VOTING YES

Frank Landis, Lincoln, Republican, District 1, eligible for re-election in 2018

Tim Schram, commission chairman, Gretna, Republican, District 3, candidate for re-election in 2018

Rod Johnson, Sutton, Republican, District 4, was re-elected in 2016

VOTING NO

Crystal Rhoades, Omaha, Democrat, District 2, first elected in 2014

Mary Ridder, Callaway, Republican, District 5, first elected in 2016

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Nebraska Public Service Commissioners Mary Ridder (from left) Frank Landis, Tim Schram, Crystal Rhoades and Rod Johnson announce the commission's decision Nov. 20, 2017, approving TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline "mainline alternative" route through the state.

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Diana Steskal rests her head on her husband Byron's shoulder after members of Nebraska's Public Service Commission voted to approve TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline "mainline alternative" route through the state on Monday. The couple are landowners on the pipeline route near Atkinson.

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Art Tanderup (left), who owns land in the path of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, speaks with media Monday moments after the Nebraska Public Service Commission's vote approving the "mainline alternative" route through the state.

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Brian Jorde (right), attorney for landowners opposing the Keystone XL pipeline, speaks following the Nebraska Public Service Commission's vote approving the pipeline's "mainline alternative" route through the state. 

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Bold Nebraska founder Jane Kleeb (right) huddles with landowner Art Tanderup and others moments after the Nebraska Public Service Commission's Monday vote approving the TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline "mainline alternative" route through the state.

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