Governor
Dave
Heineman
signed
bills
to
reroute
TransCanada's
proposed
$7
billion
project
away
from
the
ecologically
sensitive
Sand
Hills
region
and
Ogallala
aquifer
and
to
fund
an
environmental
study
for
a
new
pipeline
route,
Reuters
reported.
The
Obama
administration
earlier
this
month
delayed
approval
of
the
proposed
pipeline
until
after
the
2012
US
election,
bowing
to
pressure
from
environmentalists
and
sparing
US
president
Barack
Obama
a
damaging
split
with
liberal
voters
he
may
need
to
win
re-election.
After
working
with
Nebraska
lawmakers
last
week,
TransCanada
agreed
to
find
a
new
route
for
its…
