(AP) — The U.S. State Department report on the Keystone XL may have removed a hurdle for the pipeline, but it hasn’t swayed the entrenched foes and supporters in Nebraska.

Project backers argued Friday that the report leaves President Barack Obama no choice but to approve the entire Canada-to-Texas pipeline. Opponents say they still plan to fight the pipeline in court and hold a series of public vigils next week in Omaha, Lincoln, York and O’Neill.

Ernie Fellows, a ranch owner from the northern Nebraska town of Mills, says opponents will continue with their lawsuit challenging a state law that allowed the pipeline to proceed in Nebraska.

Brad Miller of the Omaha-based Laborers’ Local 1140, a union group, says numerous reviews have found no significant problems with the pipeline.