{"id":86703,"date":"2017-01-25T20:38:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=86703"},"modified":"2017-01-25T20:38:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T01:38:49","slug":"transcanada-ceo-vows-to-diligently-work-on-permit-application-for-keystone-xl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/25\/transcanada-ceo-vows-to-diligently-work-on-permit-application-for-keystone-xl\/","title":{"rendered":"TransCanada CEO vows to &#8216;diligently&#8217; work on permit application for Keystone XL"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_86704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86704\" style=\"width: 702px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/68864_353113801452230_849563516_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86704\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/68864_353113801452230_849563516_n.jpg\" alt=\"The CEO of TransCanada (Pictured) says the company will work \u201cdiligently\u201d to complete an application for a presidential permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would support its construction. (Photo: TransCanada Centre\/ Facebook)\" width=\"702\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/68864_353113801452230_849563516_n.jpg 702w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/68864_353113801452230_849563516_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/68864_353113801452230_849563516_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CEO of TransCanada (Pictured) says the company will work \u201cdiligently\u201d to complete an application for a presidential permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would support its construction. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TransCanadaCentre\">TransCanada Centre\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CALGARY \u2013The CEO of TransCanada says the company will work \u201cdiligently\u201d to complete an application for a presidential permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would support its construction.<\/p>\n<p>In his first remarks since Trump&#8217;s endorsement, Russ Girling says he believes the project makes \u201cimminent sense\u201d for both Canada and the United States. Girling was speaking Wednesday at a CIBC investor conference in Whistler, B.C.<\/p>\n<p>The $8-billion project would move crude oil from Alberta to Steele City, Neb., where it would link with other lines leading to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Trump endorsed the project on Tuesday and directed the State Department and other agencies to make a decision within 60 days of a final application.<\/p>\n<p>Former president Barack Obama rejected Keystone XL in late 2015, seven years after its initial application, declaring it would undercut U.S. efforts to clinch a global climate change deal that was a centrepiece of his environmental agenda.<\/p>\n<p>TransCanada still faces bitter opposition from environmentalists, landowners and native Americans who are determined to block Keystone XL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY \u2013The CEO of TransCanada says the company will work \u201cdiligently\u201d to complete an application for a presidential permit to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":86704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,17],"tags":[14228,1569,9863],"class_list":["post-86703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","category-news-w","tag-keystone-xl","tag-pipeline","tag-transcanada","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}