President Donald Trump turned heads with his call for restarting the Keystone XL Pipeline, but the damage done by the Biden administration is not easily undone.
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PresidentDonaldTrumpturnedheadswithhiscallforrestartingtheKeystoneXLPipeline.Whiletheenergyindustrywelcomesthenewbusiness-friendlyadministration,theBidenadministration’sdamageisnoteasilyundone.
Keystonewasaprivatelyfundedprojectconstructing1,200milesofpipelinethatwouldhavebrought850,000barrelsofcrudeoilperdayfromAlberta,Canada,totheU.S.GulfCoastforrefining.
Becauseitwouldcrossinternationalborders,theU.S.StateDepartmenthaspermittingjurisdiction.In2015,theObamaStateDepartmentapprovedtheproject,butPresidentObama,urgedbySecretaryofStateJohnKerry,deniedthepermitsinthenameofclimatechange.
Trump’sreversalresumedconstruction,buttheprojectwasstillongoingwhenJoeBidenwasinaugurated,andonhisfirstdayherevokedthepermission,puttingmorethanathousandpeopleoutofwork.
THEGIGANTICSLUSHFUNDINSIDETHEBIDENWHITEHOUSE
WithKeystonebackinthenews,herearethreelong-term
