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Business Matters: US State approves controversial oil pipeline

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US State approves controversial oil pipeline

21/11/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, US State approves controversial oil pipeline

Nebraska's approval clears the way for the Keystone XL pipeline

The last big procedural hurdle to the completion of Keystone XL pipeline was cleared on Monday, when five members of the Nebraska Public Service Commission voted 3 to 2 to approve an amended route through the state. May Boeve, executive director at the group 350.org in California tells us what options environmentalists have now.

Also in the programme: what next for Europe's biggest economy? German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she'd rather have new elections than lead a minority government. Stefan Kornelius, author of two biographies and a senior editor at the Suddeutsche Zeitung in Munich says don't bet on her being ousted. The Saudi Economy Minister Muhammad al-Tuwajiri discusses the crackdown on royal corruption - and its economic impact.

Presenter Fergus Nicholl will be joined by Diane Brady a Bloomberg BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal writer turned media entrepreneur from New York. And Simon Littlewood, President at the Asia Now Consulting Group, from Singapore.

(Picture: Deer gather at a depot used to store pipes for Transcanada Corp's planned Keystone XL oil pipeline in Gascoyne, North Dakota. Credit: REUTERS.)

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