Day 37: Here in Lincoln, the back room dealing over Keystone XL continues unabated. We learned that earlier this week, a TransCanada executive showed up uninvited to a meeting with legislators where details were being worked out on a bill regulating his industry. We all know corporations regularly help write legislation behind closed doors. Few are so bold as to actually do it in public.
Meanwhile, Reuters reports that TransCanada thinks it is “definitely doable” to begin laying pipe from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Texas Gulf Coast as early as January: http://tinyurl.com/7orouuz. Does Keystone XL sound dead to you?