Trump signs executive order authorizing Bridger Pipeline expansion from Canada through Montana and Wyoming
President Trump signed an executive order on January 24, 2025, authorizing the Bridger Pipeline Expansion, a 3-foot-wide crude oil pipeline project stretching from the Canadian border through Montana and Wyoming. The project still requires additional state and federal approvals to proceed. The pipeline would connect Canadian crude supplies to existing pipeline infrastructure in Wyoming.
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2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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Reuters frames this as Trump signing an order authorizing the pipeline; NPR emphasizes that more approvals are needed despite the go-ahead, signaling conditional rather than final approval.
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“Trump signs order authorizing Bridger's Canada-Wyoming crude pipeline”
“Trump gives the go-ahead for a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline”
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