Oil pipe lobbyist, State Dept too close: group - Reuters

Demonstrators stage a ''sit in'' after crossing a police barricade during a protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 26, 2011.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Washington edges closer to deciding the fate of a pipeline to bring crude from Canada's oil sands to Texas, emails between the company's lobbyist and the State Department show a cozy relationship that indicates a U.S. bias toward the project, an environmental group says. The department rejects the charge, saying it has met with both industry and environmentalists on the project and is committed to a fair process. The company, TransCanada Corp, says its lobbyist, Paul Elliott, is simply doing his job and broke no law.

Oil pipe lobbyist, State Dept too close: group - Reuters