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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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The document is a detailed draft technical review of potential environmental impacts associated with the segment of the pipeline in the US, including: impacts from construction, impacts from potential spills, impacts related to climate change, and economic impacts. Length of new pipeline (miles). What Keystone XL would carry.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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DOE analysts flagged only 35 recently retired and 96 operating coal sites that could house a large light-water reactor within half a mile. In neighboring Montana, state legislators recently approved a study for converting one coal plant to nuclear. But in the future, not all reactors might be so large.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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Notable changes since the prior Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement include an expanded analysis of potential oil releases; an expanded climate change analysis; an updated oil market analysis incorporating new economic modeling; and an expanded analysis of rail transport.

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