Oil Plans Halted

The State Department of the United States announced it would delay plans for the Keystone XL pipeline. The 1,700 underground pipeline would help create jobs and would decrease the amount of oil the country would get from the middle east.

However the project is delayed due to the concerns of environmentalists, saying that the underground aquifer in Nebraska would become contaminated if the pipeline passes it. The decision was made by Obama, causing many people to support and oppose.

"We hope he continues to consider climate, health and the impacts of extreme energy like tar sands on our land and water while creating a path to real energy independence," says Founder of BOLD Nebraska.

The pipeline is a $7 billion dollar project that would bring oil to refineries in southern U.S. from the tar sands in canada. For now there is a halt of this project due to it's potential problems, and activists say they plan on making sure this pipeline never gets built.