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Trump gives the go-ahead for a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline

President Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP FORT COLLINS, Colo. — President Trump granted a key approval Thursday for a major new oil pipeline that would carry oil from Canada into the U.S. where it would be exported and refined. The 3-foot-wide Bridger Pipeline Expansion would carry up to 550,000 barrels (87,400 cubic meters) of oil a day from the Canadian border with Montana down through eastern Montana and Wyoming, where it would link with another pipeline. The project would require...