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North Dakota utility regulators will reconsider their denial of a siting permit for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota utility regulators in an unusual move granted a request to reconsider their denial of a key permit for a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline. North Dakota's Public Service Commission in a 2-1 vote on Friday granted Summit Carbon Solutions' request for reconsider ation. Chairman Randy Christmann said the panel will set a hearing schedule and “clarify the issues to be considered." Reconsideration “only allows additional evidence for the company to try to persuade us that they are addressing the deficiencies,” he said. Denying Summit's request would have meant the company would have to reapply, with a monthslong process that would start all over again without any of the information in the current case, including lengthy testimony. Summit Executive Vice President Wade Boeshans told The Associated Press that the company apprec...

Oil spills from the Keystone pipeline have become more frequent and severe, a federal agency said. Oil spill s along the Keystone pipeline that runs from Canada to Texas have become more frequent and severe, prompting stricter regulations for a 1,200-mile stretch of the pipeline , a federal agency said on Tuesday. TC Energy, the company that operates the Keystone pipeline, must lower the operating pressure for crude oil on the targeted stretch, which makes up nearly half of the pipeline, the agency said. "We are currently reviewing the Amended Corrective Action Order (ACAO) issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration," TC Energy said in a statement to ABC News. "Our commitment to the safe operations of our system is unwavering, and we will comply with the ACAO. The Keystone Pipeline System has been operating under operational mitigations, within the pressure restrictions applied in the PHMSA ACAO, since it was returned to service." The fede...