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U.S. Department of State Issues Detroit-Windsor Bridge Permit, Continues Deliberations on Keystone XL Pipeline

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 New Windsor-Detroit Bridge Gets Obama’s OK, CBCNEWS, Apr.12, 2013,at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/04/12/wdr-dric-presidential-permit-windsor-detroit-rick-snyder-michigan.html; Todd Spangler, U.S. Grants Michigan Permit to Build 2nd Detroit-Canada Bridge, Detroit Free Press, Apr. 12, 2013, at http://www.freep.com/article/20130412/NEWS06/130412021; Al Kamen, A Motown Bridge, but Where’s the Chorus?, Wash. Post, Apr. 16, 2013, at A15.

2 Governor Rick Snyder Press Release, New International Trade Crossing Agreement to Bring Jobs, Economic Security, Easier Travel (June 15, 2012), at http://www.michigan.gov/snyder/0,4668,7-277-57577-280608--,00.html; John Gallagher, What’s Next for New Bridge Between Detroit, Windsor? Land Acquisition, Detroit Free Press, Apr. 12, 2013, at http://www.freep.com/article/20130412/BUSINESS/304120161/Moroun-bridge-NITC.

3 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0402, Issuance of Presidential Permit for New International Trade Crossing (Apr. 12, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/04/207424.htm.

4 New Windsor-Detroit Bridge, supra note 1; Spangler, supra note 1; Gallagher, supra note 2.

5 Juliet Eilperin & Steven Mufson, Opposing Sides Muster Arguments on Keystone, Wash. Post, Jan. 18, 2013, at A14; John M. Broder, Governor of Nebraska Backs Route for Pipeline, N.Y. Times, Jan. 23, 2013, at A11; Steven Mufson & Anne Gearan, Kerry Suggests Action Is Near on Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, Wash. Post, Feb. 9, 2013, at A14; John M. Broder, Clifford Krauss & Ian Austen, Obama Faces Risks in Pipeline Decision, N.Y. Times, Feb. 18, 2013, at B1.

6 see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 105 AJIL 568, 610 (2011)Google Scholar, 106 AJIL 360, 374 (2012) & 106 AJIL 643, 683 (2012).

7 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/0346, Public Meeting in Grand Island, Nebraska on the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline (Mar. 27, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/03/206724.htm.

8 Dan Frosch,Keystone Pipeline Foes Vent in Nebraska, N.Y. Times, Apr. 19, 2013, at A12; Lenny Bernstein, U.S. Hosts Hearing on Keystone, Wash. Post, Apr. 19, 2013, at A19.

9 Juliet Eilperin & Steven Mufson, State Dept. Says Keystone XL Would Have Little Effect on Climate Change, Wash. Post, Mar. 2, 2013, at A2.

10 John M. Broder, State Department Criticized by E.P.A. on Pipeline Report, N.Y. Times, Apr. 23, 2013, at A15; Lenny Bernstein & Juliet Eilperin, EPA Wants State to Rework Analysis of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline, Wash. Post, Apr. 23, 2013, at A18; Editorial, E.P.A.’s Keystone Report Card, N.Y. Times, Apr. 27, 2013, at A18.