18 January 2012
Last updated at 16:56 ET
An existing Keystone pipeline already runs through areas including North Dakota
The US state department has formally recommended the rejection of a controversial crude oil pipeline.
The state department denied a permit for the 1,600-mile (2,700km) Keystone XL pipeline, saying it had insufficient time to review the plans.
The project has been delayed amid objections by environmental groups and the US state of Nebraska.
At the end of 2011, Republicans forced a final decision on the plan within 60 days during a legislative standoff.
US President Barack Obama said he was disappointed that the deadline set by Republicans in Congress had caused the state department to reject the project before a full study could be undertaken.
“This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the state department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people.”
But Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke to Mr Obama and expressed his
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