"The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline faces a potential new legal challenge and the prospect of further delays from ranchers along its proposed route in Nebraska who say they “aren’t finished fighting” yet.

The threat of a new lawsuit, delivered in a video ultimatum from the ranchers’ lawyers, is almost certain to extend the saga of the Keystone XL in Nebraska – and in Washington, where open debate was scheduled to begin in the Senate on Monday afternoon ahead of an expected veto threat from Barack Obama.

Days after a ruling from the Nebraska state supreme court seemingly cleared one legal obstacle, lawyers for Keystone XL opponents said the pipeline company could expect to return to court."

Suzanne Goldenberg reports for the Guardian January 12, 2015. [2]