One of President - elect Joe Biden ’s first acts in office will be to axe the cross - border permit for the multi - billion - dollar Keystone XL pipeline undertaking . That ’s according to sources conversant with the matter who toldPoliticoandReutersthat he could do it as presently as his first day .
In a briefing line from Biden ’s changeover squad , the words “ Rescind Keystone XL pipeline license ” supposedly look on a tilt of day one executive actions that Biden has design , theCanadian Broadcasting Corporationreports . The decision did not appear ina Saturday memofrom incoming chief of stave Ron Klain listing the executive actions scheduled for Biden ’s first 10 days in the White House , per Politico . However , it look like that list may have still been a work in progress , as two lobbyists affirm with the outlet that Biden has plans to jerk the permit .
On the campaign track , Biden promised to roll back several of President Donald Trump ’s controversial policies and decisions , the pipeline being one of them . He was frailty chair when the Obama administration initially denied the project in 2015 , saying that it would worsen clime change with added glasshouse gas emissions . Two years later on , President Donald Trump resume the project , setting off along seriesoflegal battlesafter autochthonic and environmental opponents took him to tribunal arguing that the proposed pipeline , which would pump gross oil from Alberta , Canada to Nebraska , cross tribal lands and threaten waterways .
Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines hold a rally as they protest President Donald Trump’s executive orders advancing their construction, at Lafayette Park next to the White House in D.C. on 1 January 2025.Photo: Saul Loeb (Getty Images)
building for the pipeline is already well underway in Canada . In a statement this week , Canada ’s ambassador to the U.S. , Kirsten Hillman , said she would carry on to endorse the project so long as it falls in line with both countries ’ environmental plans . “ There is no better partner for the U.S. on clime military action than Canada as we mould together for green passage , ” Hillman allege per Reuters .
Rejoiningthe Paris Agreementis also among the list of Biden ’s first planned executive action , as seen ina screenshotshared by CBC reporter Alexander Panetta . Between that and the Keystone decision , this is shaping up to be one sin of a good week for environmental pleader .
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