Trump approves ‘Keystone Light’ oil pipeline from Canada to US

Published May 1, 2026 10:04am ET | Updated May 1, 2026 10:04am ET



President Donald Trump on Thursday approved a major oil pipeline project from Canada into the United States, reviving an initiative from his first term that the Biden administration canceled. 

The project, informally dubbed “Keystone Light,” is seen as a scaled-down successor to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which President Joe Biden terminated in 2021. 

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