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    Trump signs orders on Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

    President Trump thumbed his nose at environmentalists and the Obama Administration today with executive actions to go ahead with controversial pipelines bringing oil across the Canadian border.

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 24, 2017 • 1 min read

    President Trump thumbed his nose at environmentalists and the Obama Administration today with executive actions to go ahead with controversial pipelines bringing oil across the Canadian border. Speaking about the Keystone XL Pipeline, the President announced, "We're going to renegotiate some of the terms and if they'd like…we'll see if we can get that pipeline built, it's a lot of jobs, 28 thousand jobs." Another order would advance the Dakota Access pipeline, the recent subject of massive protests involving environmentalists and Native Americans. Amy Harder, energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has the details.

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    Trump budget tries to square cuts and spending
    1. 1:23Trump signs orders on Keystone XL and Dakota Access PipelinesYou’re reading this
    2. 7:57Cutting, squeezing, trimming -- and spending
    3. 41:31Covering the White House when the media is the 'enemy'
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Amy Harder

      Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Trump budget tries to square cuts and spending
    1. 1:23Trump signs orders on Keystone XL and Dakota Access PipelinesYou’re reading this
    2. 7:57Cutting, squeezing, trimming -- and spending
    3. 41:31Covering the White House when the media is the 'enemy'
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