April 22-27, 2014 --
Farmers, ranchers and tribal communities from along the proposed route of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline set up a tipi encampment on the National Mall and staged a week of protests and actions in an effort of persuade President Barack Obama to reject the project. 

Keystone XL poses a quandary for President Obama as two key groups of his supporters are on opposite sides of the issue; environmentalists warn the project "would...create huge amounts of carbon pollution, contributing to climate change and more extreme weather," while organized labor supports the project for the jobs it would create. 

Republicans almost uniformly support the project; Mitt Romney made building the Keystone XL pipeline a frequent theme in his 2012 campaign and it is sure to figure in midterm election campaigns. 

On April 18, the U.S. Department of State announced it would extend its permit review process due to "uncertainty created by the on-going litigation in the Nebraska Supreme Court."

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