More than 100 landowners and environmental activists are expected to descend on the town of York, Nebraska, on Wednesday to voice opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline as the state holds its first public meeting on the proposed construction since the Trump administration revived it.

Nebraska’s public service commission, responsible for the state’s regulation of infrastructure, has yet to approve a route for the Keystone XL, making it the last major hurdle ahead of the pipeline’s potential construction.

Activists leading the campaign against the pipeline told the Guardian that delegates to the meeting plan to raise a number of economic, environmental and property rights concerns over the project and will target Trump’s claims that the pipeline will use American steel and lead to thousands of jobs.

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