Posted on 01/17/2021 7:15:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in office, and perhaps as soon as his first day, according to a source familiar with his thinking.
President Donald Trump, a Republican, had made building the pipeline a central promise of his presidential campaign. Biden, who will be inaugurated on Wednesday, was vice president in the Obama administration when it rejected the project as contrary to its efforts to combat climate change.
The words "Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit" appear on a list of executive actions likely scheduled for the first day of Biden's presidency, according to an earlier report https://bit.ly/3nP4993 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC).
Biden, a Democrat, had earlier vowed to scrap the oil pipeline's presidential permit if he became president.
Canada's ambassador to the United States said she would continue to promote a project that she said fit with both countries' environmental plans. "There is no better partner for the U.S. on climate action than Canada as we work together for green transition," Ambassador Kirsten Hillman said in a statement.
The project, which would move oil from the province of Alberta to Nebraska, had been slowed by legal issues in the United States.
It also faced opposition from environmentalists seeking to check the expansion of Canada's oil sands by opposing new pipelines to move its crude to refineries.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said on Twitter that cancellation would eliminate jobs, weaken U.S.-Canada relations and undermine American national security by making the United States more dependent on OPEC oil imports.
TC Energy Corp., which operates the pipeline, said it would achieve net zero emissions by 2023 when it enters service. The company also pledged to use only renewable energy sources by 2030
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according to a source familiar with his thinking
Right? That could be the homeless guy who begs for change at the "reporter's" streetcorner.
If this is true, why would any company EVER undertake any major project that can’t be finished within an administration?
Long term investment is down the tube....
One by one he is trying to wipe out all of Trumps successes.
Yep. Get ready for high fuel prices. $6/gal is going to piss off a lot of people.
How many more lines in the sand are we supposed to endure? Asking for a friend.
He is setting out to bring the United States to utter ruin on every front. And she will be even worse. We need to get rid of any Republican who did not fervently support Trump—either they’re for US or agin US, because Trump was the surrogate for US. Any RINO, any Pence-like traitor-—OUT!!
As a favour to Warren Buffet, no doubt.
Don’t you realize, carrying oils on trains is far safer than a pipeline? /s
There won’t be any country left by the time the next election comes around, and even then, no guarantees the voter fraud nonsense will be dealt with.
You aint seen nothin yet.
OPEC loves Joe Biden.
No, they have been using that scam for years.
And I hope the people who voted for him will be very happy.
Only next time, they’re not going to be able to vote this away.
Day One...
Chairman Jao has his list ready.
Mitch? Paul? Where were your lists?
Ryan didn’t come up with one in two years.
Mitch didn’t come up with one in four.
Oh I take that back. They taught Trump a lesson.
At the expense of the nation we just lost.
Put Americans out of work- It’s what Democrats do.
Hell we won't even beable to afford candles for light in our post green nazi world. Bees are in decline so beeswax will be rare or in short supply, tallow comes from animals which we will no longer be able to eat because well PETA and Gaia nazis and parafin comes from evil oil.
China, arguably the greates polluter and destroyer of Earth must be laughing their asses of as the socialist democrats handle the conquest od America for them.
If you are the old fart in Omaha.
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