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| The Keystone Pipeline has been temporarily shut down after it leaked more than 200,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota. | The Keystone Pipeline has been temporarily shut down after it leaked more than 200,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota. |
| Crews shut down the controversial oil pipeline on Thursday morning. Officials are looking into the cause of the leak, which is the largest Keystone leak in South Dakota to date, according to a spokesman for the state's Department of Environment and Natural Resources. | Crews shut down the controversial oil pipeline on Thursday morning. Officials are looking into the cause of the leak, which is the largest Keystone leak in South Dakota to date, according to a spokesman for the state's Department of Environment and Natural Resources. |
| TransCanda, the company that operates the pipeline, said it had leaked 5,000 barrels – or about 210,000 gallons – before it was shut down. | |
| In a statement, the company said the leak was "completely isolated within 15 minutes and emergency response procedures were activated". | |
| Protesters have resisted the extension of the pipeline, which is slated to stretch from Canada to Texas, for fear of just such a leak. Residents worried the pipeline could contaminate local water supplies and have other, longer-term environmental impacts. | |
| The Nebraska Public Service Commission is set to announce next week whether they will allow the extension – known as the Keystone XL – to be routed through the state. The decision is seen as the last big, regulatory hurdle the extension must pass before it is constructed. | |
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