How Keystone XL and Dakota Access went from opposition to resurrection
by Tom McCarthy from Environment | The Guardian on (#2A38C)
Both projects were opposed by grassroots groups, mired in court battles and produced high-profile clashes between environmentalists and energy interests
Both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects - revived by Donald Trump by executive order on Tuesday - ran up against grassroots opposition fortified by support from the Barack Obama administration. The Keystone XL project was rejected by the president himself in November 2015 after the state department concluded that the pipeline promised no major benefit for energy security or pricing.
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