OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The proposed oil pipeline linking Canadian producers to the U.S. Gulf Coast isn’t much closer to reality after Congress failed to approve it.

The measure requiring approval of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline passed the House but fell short of the votes it needed in the U.S. Senate this week. So the pipeline that was first proposed in 2008 remains in limbo.

The pipeline has attracted opposition from environmentalists and some landowners who worry about the potential damage from a pipeline leak and from oil mining in Canada. But many supporters of the project say those fears are exaggerated.

Landowner Ronald Weber says he thinks the project should have been built a long time ago, but that may not happen until a new president is elected.