TransCanada seeks Keystone XL delay, taking decision off Obama's hands
by Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent from on (#SD9Z)
Company asks to suspend permit application with US authorities due to dispute in Nebraska - pushing pipeline issue into next president's term
The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline has asked for its US permit application to be put on hold - a move that would leave the final decision on the controversial tar sands oil project to Barack Obama's successor.
In a letter to John Kerry, the secretary of state, the Canadian company said on Monday that it was seeking to suspend the review of its permit application until the resolution of a dispute about its proposed route across the state of Nebraska.
