The pipeline under the Strait of Mackinac has been delayed by legal battles, with one report showing the price tag has increased from $500 million in 2018 to more than $750 million.
A first contract award moves northeast Australian water pipeline closer to construction, with challenging geology and trenchless crossings still ahead.
Uganda and Tanzania tout economic boost of 1,443-km regional oil link, but opponents still fear lasting environmental impacts to Africa, with UK suit filed on July 7
DC Water CEO is grilled in May 20 House hearing on early 2026 release of 240 million+ gallons of untreated waste into Potomac River, and developing consequences
DC Water CEO David Gadis cited long-term access easements, standardized permitting timelines and better regulator field coordination "to prevent a recurrence of the failure," but one stakeholder lamented there was no conclusive spill cause or 'clear plan' to avoid future ones.
The 645-mile pipeline, dubbed "Keystone Light" in reference to Keystone XL line cancelled in 2021 after former President Joe Biden revoked its US permit, would move up to 550,000 barrels per day of Canadian crude into American markets
The Trump permit enables construction of a 645-mile Canada-to-Wyoming crude pipeline connecting to one in Alberta, but challenges from environmental groups as well as further state and federal reviews are still ahead.
Presidential permits allow Enbridge Energy and subsidiary Bakken Pipeline Co. to maintain, operate and potentially build new U.S.-Canada cross-border pipelines.
Anchor Construction, Fort Meyer Construction led contractor support to keep crippled pipeline operating while team moved to limit environmental damage around collapse site and drainage areas
Permanent repair remains planned for the 1960s-era pipeline and
related infrastructure, while utility DC Water said its focus now is on environmental remediation
in the surrounding area following a nearly 250-million-gallon sewage spill.