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(Neb)-Trump Issues New Permit For Keystone XL Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump has issued a new presidential permit allowing construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, two years after he first approved the long-stalled project.
Trump said the permit issued Friday replaces one granted in March 2017. It is intended speed up development of the controversial pipeline, which would ship crude oil from tar sands in western Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
A federal judge blocked the project in November, saying the Trump administration had not fully considered potential oil spills and other impacts. Judge Brian Morris ordered a new environmental review.
An appeal of the November ruling filed by the project's developer, Calgary-based TransCanada, is pending while Stephan Volker, an attorney for environmentalists who sued to stop the project, says it's highly unlikely pipeline work could proceed without court approval.
https://www.chadrad.com/newsstory.cfm?story=44727
Words cannot adequately express what I think about trump.
