TransCanada plans to start construction of Keystone XL pipeline in 2019

        September 24, 2019 Global News | Alberta | fossil fuels: pipelines

After a court-ordered U.S. State Department report cleared the long-challenged, $8-billion, 1,900-km, 800,000-barrel KXL pipeline, TransCanada announced it would start preparing pipe yards, transporting pipe, and mowing sections of the right-of-way in Montana and South Dakota. A few lawsuits are still pending, while opponents have vowed to fight on.