Trump signs order advancing Keystone XL and DAPL pipelines
By Karen Graham 19 hours ago in Environment
President Trump will fulfill another campaign promise today, giving the oil industry more freedom to expand its infrastructure. Trump will sign an order to advance the construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.
TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline was rejected under President Obama and Energy Transfer Partners' $3.8 billion Dakota Access project was halted in its tracks when it reached Lake Oahe in North Dakota amid protests by Native Americans, environmental groups, and citizens around the world, reports Bloomberg.
President Obama stopped the Keystone XL pipeline in 2015, saying its construction would undermine the country's efforts to clinch a global climate change deal. That pipeline would run from Alberta, Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The government needed to approve the pipeline because it crossed over our border, according to CTV News.
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