The developer of the Keystone XL project announced Wednesday it had reached a project labor agreement with four U.S. labor unions, despite a recent federal court ruling to keep the project frozen. TC Energy said it reached the agreement to complete the pipeline with the Laborers International Union of North America, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the International Union of Operating Engineers, and the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters. The company said the Keystone XL project would support the creation of 42,000 U.S. jobs, including 10,000 construction jobs. It also announced it would contribute $10 million to create a "Green Jobs Training Program" to train union workers in the developing renewable-energy sector.

2020 vision: The announcement could up the pressure in the November election. Trump backs the oil pipeline project, while his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, has said he would rescind the pipeline's border-crossing permit, effectively killing the project should he be elected president. But Biden has also tried not to alienate blue-collar workers throughout his campaign, pitching his clean energy plan as a union-job creator.

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