So what do you all think about possible cancelling the Key Stone pipeline project
Sources say Biden will cancel the pipeline
So now: Instead of being independent of ME oil with Canadian oil plus your own sources, oil produced in NA, makes you mostly independent of foreign sources. Instead you are putting your source in the hands of ME oil
And this is supposed to be environmentally friendly or at least what some on the left want. A pipeline as opposed to the energy needed to move oil by boat all the way from the ME??
And what about Natn'l security??
Perhaps you haven't noticed but Iran is making the journey of ME oil rather dangerous and could shut that supply down if tensions ramp up further. They still have not forgotten the killing by missile of their military personal
They know if the USA requires ME oil they hold a tremendous military ability to stop the flow of oil. Oil tankers are easy prey and if insurance rates go up, you will pay much more for your oil supply, if any is even allowed to pass through.
I suppose Biden expects to be buddies with Iran and all will be forgotten. How well has Iran forgotten anything regarding the USA???
Sort of cutting off your nose to spite your face
These reversals Biden and company are planning is such a sad turn of events but so inevitable.
US President-elect Joe Biden is to cancel the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline on his first day in office, North American media report.
The pipeline is projected to carry oil nearly 1,200 miles (1,900km) from the Canadian province of Alberta down to Nebraska, to join an existing pipeline.
Environmentalists and Native American groups have fought the project for more than a decade.
Work had been halted but restarted in 2019 under President Donald Trump.
Mr Trump overturned a decision by his predecessor, Barack Obama, who vetoed a bill approving construction in 2015.
The privately financed pipeline is expected to cost about $8bn (£5.8bn; CAD $10bn).
A briefing note seen by Canadian and US media says Mr Biden will sign an executive order revoking the permit for Keystone XL on Inauguration Day - 20 January.
He will also return the US to the Paris climate agreement - a global pact on cutting carbon emissions - reversing another decision by Mr Trump, who took the US out of the accord on 4 November last year.
Mr Biden has pledged to make the fight against climate change a top priority of his administration.
Alberta's leader, Premier Jason Kenney, said he was "deeply concerned" by the reports of Mr Biden's plans and said if the pipeline was cancelled, his government would look at legal action.
The Keystone XL pipeline would carry some 830,000 barrels of heavy crude a day from the fields in Alberta to Nebraska. From there, the oil would travel via existing pipelines to reach refineries around the Gulf of Mexico.
The pipeline would transport oil extracted from Alberta's oil sands, a mixture of sand, water, clay and a thick substance called bitumen. The oil is more expensive and energy-intensive to extract than that from conventional sources.
Environmental groups such as Greenpeace say the amount of greenhouse gases emitted per barrel of oil from the oil sands can be 30% higher throughout its life cycle than conventional oil.
However, the Canadian government says technology has created more energy efficient practices, reducing climate-damaging emissions.
Indigenous groups in northern Alberta have sued the provincial and federal governments for damages from 15 years of oil sands development they were not consulted on, saying it infringed on their guaranteed rights to hunt, trap and fish on traditional lands.
Jessica Murphy, BBC News, Toronto
That the incoming US president opposes Keystone XL is no surprise. He was one of the voices opposing the projectgoing back to the Obama administration, his staff said during the recent election campaign, and had pledged to "rip up" Mr Trump's approval.
But the fact that the move could come as early as day one of his presidency is still a blow to the project's supporters.
Reaction from political leaders in Canada's oil and gas heartland was swift. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said tearing up the permits would "kill jobs on both sides of the border" and "weaken the critically important US-Canada relationship".
Canada has been lobbying for years to get the project approved and built. It is seen as critical to the future of the country's oil industry by helping deliver the product to foreign markets.
The project languished despite efforts by former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who pushed the Obama administration to back it, fraying the relationship between the two powers. At one point, advertisements in support of Keystone XL, paid for by Canada, were splashed throughout the Washington DC metro system.
The project also has Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support.
But while this will mean a bumpy start for the Biden administration with Canada, Mr Trudeau and Mr Biden see eye-to-eye on more environmental and climate matters than they disagree on.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/american-jobs-biden-keystone-xl-pipeline
The Biden administration shutting down construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which some scientists argue contributes to climate change, could end thousands of American construction jobs.
The move could happen on President-elect Joe Biden's first day in office, after the Trump administration spent four years trying to further construction of the $9 billion, 1,200-mile pipeline that would transport up to 830,000 barrels of crude oil daily from Alberta, Canada, to Nebraska.
An existing Keystone pipeline currently transports oil from Alberta to Illinois and Texas.
According to the Keystone XL website, the project, initially proposed more than a decade ago, would sustain about 11,000 U.S. jobs in 2021 – including 8,000 union jobs – and generate $1.6 billion in gross wages.
It is unclear how the Biden administration plans to address the job losses, but his $2 trillion clean energy infrastructure plan, with its goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, aims to "create millions of good-paying jobs that provide workers with the choice to join a union and bargain collectively with their employers," according to his website.
The plan targets the creation of 1 million jobs within the auto industry; "millions" of jobs within the power sector; 1 million jobs in building construction; 250,000 jobs "plugging abandoned oil and natural gas wells" and more.
President Trump overturned President Barack Obama's decision to block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which for years has come under scrutiny from environmentalists and Democratic politicians.
"Building new infrastructure like the Keystone XL pipeline, which would result in millions of tons of new carbon emissions, just adds fuel to a fire that's already burning down our house," U.S. PIRG Environment Campaigns Director Matt Casale said in a Monday statement.
Casale added that if Biden cancels the Keystone XL permit to keep "fuel in the ground," the president-elect will show us just how serious he was when he promised to take bold climate action."
GROCERIES PROVE A PANDEMIC BRIGHT SPOT FOR BP AND SHELL
One spill along the existing Keystone pipeline discovered in North Dakota in October 2019 leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons of oil and affected about 209,100 square feet of land, or 4.8 acres.
In April, a U.S. judge said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to adequately consider effects on endangered species – such as pallid sturgeon, a massive, dinosaur-like fish that lives in rivers – the XL pipeline would cross, but did not shut down work that already had begun along the U.S.-Canada border at the time.
In this Oct. 29, 2019 photo, opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada demonstrate in sub-freezing temperatures in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said in a Sunday statement that he is "deeply concerned by reports that the incoming administration" will cancel permits for the project's construction in the U.S.
"Doing so would kill jobs on both sides of the border, weaken the critically important Canada-U.S. relationship, and undermine U.S. national security by making the United States more dependent on OPEC oil imports in the future," Kenney said.
He added that the U.S. imported 9.14 million barrels of petroleum per day in 2019, 3.7 million of which came from Canada, and the rest of which came from "countries like Venezuela and Saudi Arabia."
"The Keystone XL pipeline also represents tens of thousands of good-paying jobs that the American economy needs right now," Kenney said. "That is why major American labour unions who supported President-elect Biden’s campaign strongly back the project, as do First Nations who have signed partnership agreements, and all state governments along the pipeline route."
TC Energy Corporation, the pipeline company behind Keystone XL, said in a Sunday statement that it plans to reach "net zero emissions across the project operations" in 2023 and "be fully powered by renewable energy sources" by 2030.
metmike: Can't think of a dumber thing for a president to do(hurting Americans/Canadians) on their first day and doing nothing for the climate/environment(I'm an environmentalist/atmospheric scientist) Hopefully, these stories are all wrong.
President Joe Biden is poised to take action on 53 executive items over the next 10 days as he seeks to rapidly reverse some Trump administration policies and implement his own, according to a document outlining the schedule for Biden’s first two weeks in office.
The document, which was obtained by The Hill, shows that Biden will take executive action each weekday through the end of January, with each day centered around specific themes such as climate, economic relief, health care and immigration.
The timetable lays out which days Biden is expected to act on anticipated items such as reversing the Mexico City policy, creating a task force to reunite separated migrant families and establishing a policing commission.
The schedule notes that the specifics of certain executive actions are to be determined, reflecting how the Biden team is still hashing out details as it takes office following delays in the transition just after the November election. The themes are expected to extend into February, which has been designated around the idea of “Restoring America’s Place in the World,” according to the document.
Spokespeople for the Biden White House did not respond to a request for comment.
This week, Wednesday’s theme is focused on the inauguration and addressing “four crises” – the coronavirus pandemic, climate, the economy and equity. Among the items Biden will sign are an order mandating masks be worn on federal lands, an extension of eviction moratoriums, a repeal of Trump’s travel ban, and a proclamation halting border wall construction.
Thursday’s theme will focus on the pandemic, according to the document. Biden is expected to sign off on executive orders to review the supply chain ahead of any use of the Defense Production Act and to implement public health measures on public transportation, airplanes and trains.
Friday’s theme is economic relief with two executive orders expected to be signed, according to the document. One will direct agencies to take action on Medicaid, Pell grants and unemployment insurance, while the other will restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees and initiate a roll back of a Trump administration rule on Schedule F.
The theme for Monday is “Buy American,” and Biden will sign one executive order seeking to ensure agencies use U.S. suppliers.
The remainder of next week will be spent signing off on executive orders and reversing Trump-era moves surrounding equity (Jan. 26), climate (Jan. 27), health care (Jan. 28) and immigration (Jan. 29).
Biden on Jan. 26 will sign an order establishing a policing commission and reinstating Obama administration policies that regulate the transfer of military-style equipment to local police departments, a topic that gained renewed attention during racial injustice protests last summer.
Biden is expected to announce on Jan. 27 plans for a U.S.-hosted Climate Leaders’ Summit to take place on April 22, and he will sign an order calling for "science and evidence based decision-making" across federal agencies.
He is scheduled to rescind the Mexico City policy that blocks the U.S. from giving federal funding to international groups that provide or promote abortion services on Jan. 28.
And on Jan. 29, the immigration themed day, Biden is expected to sign executive orders to direct a review of the public charge rule and create a task force to reunify families separated during the Trump administration.
February’s actions remain a work in progress, but the early days have been mapped out, and there is likely to be a strong focus on national security matters, according to the schedule reviewed by The Hill.
Biden on Feb. 1 is tentatively expected to sign an executive order aimed at workforce recruiting and retention. The following day, he will sign a “Forever Wars” executive order initiating a review of counterterrorism operations that also reinstates the policy of closing Guantanamo Bay prison, something neither of his predecessors managed to do.
Biden was sworn in on Wednesday morning outside the west front of the U.S. Capitol in a ceremony scaled back due to the pandemic. His inaugural speech included multiple pleas for unity amid deep tensions across the nation.
The new president and his top aides have made no secret of their plans to use executive powers to swiftly implement the Biden administration's agenda on a host of key issues, including climate, racial justice and the pandemic, as well as reverse key Trump administration policies on immigration and health care.
They have also projected optimism that there will be room to work with Congress on an economic relief package and an immigration bill, the latter of which Biden sent to lawmakers after being sworn in.