WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) -- House Republicans said the southern U.S. section of the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada is moving forward despite White House maneuvering.
President Barack Obama rejected a permit from pipeline company TransCanada to build the entire pipeline from tar sands deposits in Canada to refineries along the southern U.S. coast. The White House welcomed a March decision by TransCanada, however, to build a portion of the pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to the southern Texas coast.