and cindy schild.ng us up to speed on the state department decision and what it means for when and if the keystone xl pipeline will get approval. us is at certainly for sad day to see that policy was trumped by politics. we have had five environmental reviews over five years. each continues to show minimal environmental impact. we were far into the national interest determination. the state department, in consultation with federal agencies, was looking at things like the economic benefits, energy security and stability. are trading partner is canada. we are looking at this being -- some labor leaders have said it is a gutless move or slap in the face. that is really a summary of where we are at. host: always the underlying court case that was the reason for this? guest: the underlying court case came up in nebraska. it was the result of a ka,ermination that, in nebras there was not a viable pipeline route. it without a pay plan route, is impossible to analyze the environmental impact. how can you know

friends of the earth erich pica and cindy schild join us. plus, the day's news and your calls and tweets and facebook comments. live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, supreme court transparency. a discussion with reporters, former law clerks and scholars. panelist focus on policy changes the court could make in the future. this panel as part of sunshine week, a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. from new york university, this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> thank you for coming. my name is tony morrow and i am on the steering committee of the reporters committee for freedom of the press, which is co-sponsoring this. and i want to thank n.y.u. also for sponsoring this event. i have also covered the supreme court for 34 years and have been immersed in these issues for pretty much all of that time. this is the second discussion we have had on the subject of transparency at the supreme court. the last one was a few months ago. the theme then and now really is that trans