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From The New York Times:
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Friday announced that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oilpipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a flash point in the debate over his climate policies.
Mr. Obama's denial of the proposed 1,179-mile pipeline, which would have carried 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast, comes as he is seeking to build an ambitious legacy on climate change.
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