The State Department sent a letter Wednesday to the company, formally rejecting its bid to dela y consideration of the controversial pipeline that would carry crude oil from Canada’s oil sands to the Gulf Coast, a department spokesman said. “We have communicated to them our intention to continue the review,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said. “We’re not required to pause it based on an applicant’s request, there’s no legal basis to do that.” Mr. Kirby added that a lot of interagency work has gone into reviewing the project. The decision to move forward with the final State Department review puts the future of the project in jeopardy. The Obama administration is widely expected to reject the proposed pipeline in the coming weeks or months, bringing to a close the yearslong drama on its fate. TransCanada on Monday asked the State Department to suspend its cross-border permit application—a move […]