President Trump signed executive actions on Tuesday that will pave the way for the construction of a pair of pipeline projects that withered under his predecessor, as well as several other orders that could make the construction of other pipelines easier.Two of the actions Trump signed Monday authorized the Keystone XL Pipeline project and the Dakota Access pipeline project. Both were controversial projects in the Obama administration due to their environmental impact.Trump signed another action addressing the “tangled-up mess” of permitting, promising to “streamline” the process.Another action will expedite environmental reviews for businesses, Trump said.
In keeping with his focus on “America First” policies, Trump mandated that U.S. pipelines be built with U.S. steel.

“If we build it in the United States, build the pipelines, we want to build the pipe,” Trump said. “It’s going to put a lot of workers, a lot of steelworkers back to work.”