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Article: Construction to begin on Minn. oil pipeline
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- August 20, 2009
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The U.S. State Department issued a permit Thursday allowing construction of a pipeline that will bring crude oil to the U.S. from Canada's oil sands, where environmental groups say extraction and refinement methods are contributing to global warming.
With the permit in hand, Enbridge Inc. plans to start construction work on the Alberta Clipper pipeline, which will run through Minnesota and the northeastern corner of North Dakota from Superior, Wis., to Hardisty, Alberta.
In a statement announcing the permit, the State Department called Canada a "stable and reliable ally" and said increasing capacity for Canadian crude oil to reach the U.S. will "advance a ...