Despite a passionate speech from Johnson and others expressing
their vehement opposition to the project, many on the board viewed the development as an inevitability, and wanted to give conditions for it instead of issuing a blanket «no.»
In a series of moves that White House press secretary Sean Spicer described as an «energy revolution,» Mr. Trump invited TransCanada
to submit a new application for the $ 8 - billion (U.S.) Keystone XL
project that was rejected by the Obama administration in 2015, as well as giving his blessing
to the Dakota Access pipeline that has attracted
vehement opposition in North Dakota.