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Can Some Nebraska Farmers Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline?

The controversial project faces its last regulatory hurdle in Lincoln, but the landowners fighting it expect years of court battles to come.

Nebraska Governor on Nafta and the Future of Keystone XL

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“When I first started this, it was about my house,” said Shannon Graves, who owns a hardware store in Polk, Neb.—population roughly 300—and lives less than 100 yards from the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline. “I just wanted to protect my home.”

That was six years ago. Now, Graves said, “what was once just my home is now my world that I’m standing to protect.”