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General News 2/18/2012 at 10:12 PM EST

Keystone Pipeline Sparks Property Rights Backlash

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As the White House and Congress battle it out over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, the Canadian company that wants to build it is still using its land-seizure powers to get property easements for the ambitious project. And it's ruffling some feathers in a politically conservative patch of Texas.

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