{"id":18119,"date":"2025-02-25T17:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/trump-says-he-wants-keystone-xl-pipeline-to-be-built\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:35:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:35:33","slug":"trump-says-he-wants-keystone-xl-pipeline-to-be-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/trump-says-he-wants-keystone-xl-pipeline-to-be-built\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he wants Keystone XL Pipeline to be built"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/keystone-xl\">Keystone XL<\/a> Pipeline built and pledged easy regulatory approvals for the project, which was opposed for years by environmentalists before its permit was revoked by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The pipeline was first proposed in 2008 to bring oil from the Alberta oil sands to U.S. refiners and was halted in 2021 by then-owner TC Energy Corp after former<br \/>Democratic President Joe Biden revoked a key permit needed for a U.S. stretch of the project.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post on Monday, Trump urged the company that was building the pipeline to \u201ccome back to America,\u201d saying his administration would offer easy approvals and an almost immediate start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Trump Administration is very different (from the Biden administration) \u2013 easy approvals, almost immediate start! If not them, perhaps another Pipeline Company. We want the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alberta.ca\/keystone-xl-pipeline-project\">Keystone XL\u00a0 Pipeline<\/a> built,\u201d Trump said in the post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s post did not name a company and only referred to the one that was building the pipeline earlier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/money123.jpg\" alt=\"Get expert insights, Q&amp;A on markets, housing, inflation, and personal finance information delivered to you every Saturday.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get weekly money news<\/h3>\n<p>Get expert insights, Q&amp;A on markets, housing, inflation, and personal finance information delivered to you every Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>TC Energy spun off its oil pipeline business in October last year into a new company named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southbow.com\/\">South Bow Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_8677929_67bdfa1990727\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"8677929\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/8677929\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_8677929_67bdfa1990727\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Could Alberta purchase Keystone XL?'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/j3mdguombn-majdgb5bk2\/6P_PIPELINE_FINANCING.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/j3mdguombn-majdgb5bk2\/6P_PIPELINE_FINANCING.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/j3mdguombn-majdgb5bk2\/6P_PIPELINE_FINANCING.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/j3mdguombn-majdgb5bk2\/6P_PIPELINE_FINANCING.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:45<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Could Alberta purchase Keystone XL?<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Opponents of that pipeline had fought its construction for years, saying it was unnecessary and would hamper the U.S. transition to cleaner fuels.<\/p>\n<p>The Keystone XL pipeline was expected to carry 830,000 barrels per day of Alberta oil sands crude to Nebraska, but the project was delayed due to opposition from U.S. landowners, Native American tribes and environmentalists.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had approved a permit for the line in 2017, but it continued to face legal challenges that hampered construction.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had committed to canceling the project during his 2020 campaign and revoked the permit soon after taking office in 2021.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-related-items-1\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text \" aria-label=\"Related articles section 1\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11034052\/trump-says-he-wants-keystone-xl-pipeline-to-be-built\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he wanted the Keystone XL Pipeline built and pledged easy regulatory approvals for the project, which was opposed for years by environmentalists before its permit was revoked by the Biden administration. 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