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Thats not what the commerce clause was for at all. It was for the federal govt to enforce standard rules to encourage free trade. This issue is not a dispute between states, its a dispute between environmentalists and states/corporations. The issue of getting permission from every landowner to build a pipeline is the companies problem.
It's not about a dispute, it's about the free flow of the pipeline across state borders. That is what the commerce clause is about, is ensuring the flow of commerce across the borders of the states. Otherwise Texas could impose tariffs on anything from Oklahoma. That wouldn't work at all.