Friday Permit Allows Keystone Pipeline to Proceed

Despite Trump’s repeated insistence that Keystone and new pipelines would be built with American steel, the White House confirmed earlier this month that Keystone will not, since it was considered already under construction. That state has been a battleground for activists and local landowners looking to stop the pipeline over concerns that any spills would contaminate the massive Ogallala Aquifer or other ecosystems in the environmentally unique Sand Hills region. Opposition emerges in Nebraska.

Notley added that while it’s not her place to talk about the concerns of First Nations and others in the USA who oppose the project, Calgary-based TransCanada is “working very hard to accommodate the concerns that have been raised”. It’s not coming to the United States.

Premier Rachel Notley says the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline will have an immediate impact on Alberta’s economy, and eventually allow access to new and existing markets. The State Department has estimated that once built, the pipeline will employ about 35 people. One protest is set for Friday evening at the White House. “For us we don’t see this process completely gone through until a minimum of three years because of all the legal challenges that will take place”.

November 14, 2011: TransCanada agrees to reroute the line.

The Trump administration might have signed off on the Keystone XL project, but the pipeline’s still got at least one big hurdle to overcome. Obama says TransCanada is free to submit another application.

“We’ve stopped the toxic Keystone XL Pipeline once, and we will do it again”, he said. It requires federal approval because it crosses an global border. Approval in Nebraska is needed before construction can begin. The company did so, and found approval through the State Department today.

Pete Ricketts applauded the president’s decision Friday, the fate of the project’s route does not rest with him.

“The Nebraska Public Service Commission still needs to approve the project while individual landowners refusal may also delay the process”, he said.

“We’ll use every tool in the kit to stop this unsafe tar sands oil pipeline project”, said Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council. “They have a great governor”. Nebraska says it will appeal. -Canada border, Trump sat smiling in the Oval Office beside the president of the Canadian company. But Obama adopts an increasingly negative tone. He welcomed the US announcement, but pointed out the process is far from over.

February 24, 2015: Obama vetoes the bill. State Department spokesman Mark Toner wouldn’t reveal the decision, but said the agency had re-examined Keystone thoroughly after ruling against the proposed project barely two years ago.

In January, U.S. Sen.

November 4, 2015: The U.S. government rejects that request.

TransCanada tried for more than five years to build the 1,897km pipeline, until Mr Obama rejected it in 2015.

TransCanada CEO Russ Girling said Friday that thousands of people are “ready and itching to get to work”.

The Trump administration’s action “should send a clear message to investors, and important strategic partners like Canada, that things have changed in Washington”, Donohue said in a statement.

THE PRESIDENT: I’ll call Nebraska.

President Donald Trump reignited a bruising battle over the nation’s energy future that environmentalists had hoped was behind them when he announced Friday that his administration has issued a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

At the White House session where he announced the decision, the president credited himself with reviving a project that developer TransCanada Corp.’s huge lobbying team had been unable to move forward over a period of years.

March 4, 2017: The White House says Keystone XL won’t use American steel because the pipeline is already under construction and Trump’s presidential directive applies to new pipelines or those under fix.