Keystone pipeline could make comeback under Trump

Obama put the Keystone pipeline in its grave but now many signs suggest that impending US President Donald Trump will revive the controversial pipeline.
Photo: John Minchillo/AP/Polfoto
Photo: John Minchillo/AP/Polfoto

For seven years the Canadian and US oil sectors fought for permission to build the 1,900 kilometer oil pipeline Keystone which would run from Alberta, Canada to Nebraska, USA. And for seven years environmental organizations and citizens opposed it with a passion. Until finally – last November – US President Obama made the decision to drop the pipeline.

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