Guardian: A Nebraska court has signed off on the proposed route for the Keystone XL, bringing the controversial project a crucial step closer to reality after six years of legal and political fighting.
The Nebraska supreme court said the states governor, Dave Heineman, had indeed acted within his authority in January 2013 when he approved the pipelines route.
A lower court had ruled that Heineman should have consulted Nebraskas public service commission, an obscure body which regulates grain bins,...