President Donald Trump greenlighted the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, declaring it a "great day for American jobs" and siding with energy advocates over environmental groups in a heated debate over climate change. "It's a great day for American jobs and a historic moment for North America and energy independence," Trump said, standing alongside TransCanada's CEO in the Oval Office. Keystone will reduce costs and reliance on foreign oil while creating thousands of jobs, he said, adding: "It's going to be an incredible pipeline." How many jobs Keystone will create is also widely disputed. TransCanada promised as many as 13,000 construction jobs and Trump once predicted it "could be 42,000 jobs."

Source: ABC News March 24, 2017 07:34 UTC