North America
January 31, 2017
Fossil Fuels | Oil
Policy Brief
EnerKnol’s Visual Primer – President Trump’s Executive Action Revives Controversial Keystone XL Project
New Infrastructure Priorities Will Boost both Fossil Fuels and Renewables despite Lingering Uncertainty
President Donald Trump has issued memoranda to advance the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines and an Executive Order to expedite environmental review for priority infrastructure. Several oil and gas projects that were delayed or rejected during the previous administration will likely be revisited. Grid modernization and transmission expansion will support large-scale wind which is particularly dependent on transmission infrastructure to connect with load centers.
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