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US Decision on Keystone Pipeline Not to Be Announced Prior to December 2015

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The US administration will not deliver decision on the building of the Keystone XL pipeline prior to the beginning of December 2015, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in a briefing on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Earnest's comment confirmed that the US administration would not decide on the building of the controversial pipeline prior to the UN Climate Change Conference that will take place on November 30 till December 11.

“There is this ongoing review at the State Department, and at this point I wouldn’t commit to a decision being announced prior to the beginning of December,” Earnest said when asked about the timing of President Barack Obama’s decision on the project.

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The Keystone XL pipeline, which is supposed to pump oil from Alberta, Canada to the US Gulf Coast, has been the center of heated debates in the United States.

Critics of the pipeline say it will harm the environment, while proponents say it will create jobs and lower gas and oil prices.

White House spokesperson Eric Schultz said in July that the US government would resolve the Keystone pipeline issue by the end of Obama’s presidential term in office.

In August, the Keystone pipeline project owner TransCanada Corporation was reportedly deliberating possible responses to Obama’s likely rejection of the pipeline.

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