Canada, Keystone Xl Pipeline | featured news

The State Department gave a mixed review Friday to a controversial Canada-to-U.S. pipeline, neither endorsing nor rejecting the project but noting that it would not significantly alter the development of Canada's tar sands.

President Obama is still facing pressure over the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas -- some from Democrats.

The battle over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would stretch 1,700 miles through six states, from Alberta, Canada, across the U.S. heartland, and into Texas to Gulf Coast refineries, is intensifying.