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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Right. Carrying petroleum products on trucks and trains will make everything so much safer.
I am sad for our country.
I doubt Sniffer can even write his name at this point.
Hello $8 for a gallon of gas.
I hope all the liberals have to either walk or take the dirty bus.
Say hello again to The Misery Index.
“Make America Dependent Again”
Biden is a moron...like most Democrats. He should not be allowed to use anything that uses petroleum in its use or manufacture.
China is investing big time in electric cars because they can hook them up to the grid which is dependent on coal so they will be able to import less oil.
I hope he does all the things being said. I can’t wait to tell every idiot who supported this to wake the F up.
Yep. They get to suffer the consequences. You can say the same for Pennsylvania. I assume fracking is going to be much more difficult in the Keystone state. They could definitely use the jobs from tracking. But no more. Since they voted for Biden.
Warren Buffett(railroad baron) will be jumping for joy.
Justin Trudeau...not so much.
The Canucklehead Liberal elites in Canada have been all in for Biden, dead against the economic interests of most Canadians.
I’m going to enjoy Trudeau’s squirming and weaseling - he has the natural born brown-noser’s gift for that, if nothing much else.
Warren Buffett(railroad baron) will be jumping for joy.
Justin Trudeau...not so much.
The Canucklehead Liberal elites in Canada have been all in for Biden, dead against the economic interests of most Canadians.
I’m going to enjoy Trudeau’s squirming and weaseling - he has the natural born brown-noser’s gift for that, if nothing much else.
$4 dollar gasoline, here we come...
There will few remnants of Trump’s achievements after ol’ Joe has a go at it.
Exactly right. They want to build lots of “infrastructure” but these ridiculous uncertainties make it impossible to build anything.
How long before frackers in PA start asking each other why they weren’t surrounding the houses of PA politicians, who enabled the steal, with pitchforks and blow torches?
We will blow through $8 in nothing flat.
They want to stop production of all gasoline engines within 8 or 10 years.
The car companies are going along with the charade.
It’s like Rush always says, Democrats have to lie to get elected.
But Qatar’s natural gas pipeline through Syria? He’ll spend as many American lives as needed to get that done. Too many Deep Staters don’t want to return the big advances they got before Trump messed the whole plan up.
I honestly doubt NOTHING will wake the American people up.
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