Pipeline politics heat up Washington

摘要

THE US passed a significant milestone in recent days with a section of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada being built on US soil at the US/Canada border crossing. The small but significant advance is a victory for US President Donald Trump, who has championed a project halted by his predecessor, Barack Obama. But the debate in Washington has not gone away, and it is now clear that pipeline politics will form part of the US presidential challenge later this year.