Trump Moves Advancement of Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed two memorandums to advance approval of the Keystone XL (KXL) and Dakota Access pipelines. PMAA was disappointed with President Obama’s November 2015 decision to veto the KXL pipeline and strongly supports President Trump’s efforts to build TransCanada Corp's KXL.

“After more than seven years of debate and multiple environmental impact studies that have shown the pipeline would have no effect on climate change, it is clear the country should move forward with its development,” said PMAA President Rob Underwood.

Furthermore, PMAA strongly supports development of Energy Transfer Partners LP's planned 1,100-mile Dakota Access pipeline, which would run from North Dakota to Illinois and would bring crude oil through the Midwest and into the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Obama administration denied the company a permit it needed to complete the pipeline late last year.

Approval of both pipelines is indicative of how the new Administration will take a much needed and drastically different approach to energy issues.