Materials for the German-Russian gas pipeline.
Biden‘s move to cancel the permit to complete the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office has caused disappointment and concern among Canadians, with the governor of Alberta suggesting that the Canadian government impose trade sanctions on the United States.
“The Keystone XL pipeline is an ambitious infrastructure project that is planned to extend 1,700 miles from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast through the U.S. states of Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma, and has the approval and support of the state governments. The project has received approval and support from the state governments. The Canadian portion of the project is currently under construction.
The “Archstone XL” pipeline represents tens of thousands of jobs in both the U.S. and Canada and, once completed, will transport approximately 800,000 barrels of Crude Oil per day from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast in Texas.
While Canada’s liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed a willingness to settle with the Biden government, Alberta’s governor disagrees.
Jason Kenney, the governor of oil-rich Alberta, said Biden’s termination of the pipeline project permit would be an “insult” to Canada. He went on to suggest that the Canadian government should impose trade sanctions on the United States if it does not reverse that decision.
“This is an insult to the United States’ most important ally and trading partner on the first day of the new administration.” “The leader of our closest ally retroactively vetoed the construction of an existing oil pipeline, jointly owned with the Canadian government, in a direct attack on what is by far the largest part of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship, our energy industry and our exports,” Conney said.
U.S. experts have similarly taken issue. Marty Durbin, director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute, said Biden’s decision has no scientific basis and that canceling the project would put thousands of Americans out of work.
“The pipeline is the most studied infrastructure project in U.S. history, it is already under construction and has cleared numerous legal and environmental hurdles.” “Halting construction would also impede the safe and efficient transportation of oil and unfairly exclude the products of one of our closest and most important allies,” Durbin said in a statement.
Daniel Turner, founder and executive director of Power The Future, a nonprofit that advocates for American energy jobs, said Biden’s decision is just the beginning of an energy agenda that will cripple the United States in many ways, including jobs, cost of living, opportunity, and will hurt important U.S. allies in Canada and Europe, but will benefit America’s enemies, Russia and China, while having little to no impact on the environment.
Biden will hold a phone call with the Canadian prime minister on Friday (Jan. 22) on topics including the “Archstone XL” pipeline.
Recent Comments