President Donald Trump signed a permit on Friday granting permission for TransCanada Corp to build the long-delayed Keystone pipeline at the U.S.-Canada border for the importation of oil from Canada. Trump also revoked a previous permit for the pipeline issued in March 2017 and an executive order he issued two days after taking office in January that year. The $8 billion pipeline, which would carry 800,000 barrels per day of oil from Canada’s oil sands to refineries along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has been held up in the courts. A Montana judge blocked construction of the pipeline in November last year. The […]

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