President Trump allows Keystone XL Pipeline construction, Canada happy
President Trump, through an executive action on Tuesday, revived the construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines, media reported.
The Keystone pipeline, which would span nearly 1,200 miles across six US states, shifting more than 800,000 barrels of petroleum daily from Canadian oil sands through Nebraska to refineries in the Gulf coast, reported The Guardian.
The projected was rescinded by the Obama administration due to environmental concerns.
During the tenure of Canada's former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, this project was a bone of contention between the two countries.
The project,which was fiercely opposed by environmental groups, is supported by Canada's Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau and powerful business lobbies on both sides of the border.
(Reporting by Chandan Som )
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