President Donald Trump calls for a reboot of the Keystone XL pipeline. Although the energy industry welcomes new business-friendly governments, the Biden administration’s losses are not easy to be revoked. [emphasis, links added]
Keystone is a privately funded project that constructs 1,200 miles of pipelines that will carry out 850,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta, Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Because it will cross international borders, the U.S. State Department has allowed jurisdiction.
In 2015, Obama approved the project, but President Obama, urged by Secretary of State John Kerry, denied the permit in the name of climate change.
Trump's reversal restored the building, but the project was still underway when Joe Biden took office, and on his first day he revoked the permit, leaving more than a thousand people unemployed.
With the return of Keystone, here are three long-term consequences of Biden’s cancellation:
Trust in the U.S. government is damaged
Biden's cancellation sets an ugly and dangerous precedent.
Keystone XL's parent company did not apply for Obama's State Department permit, nor did it reach an agreement with Donald Trump.
Obama called it “dirty” and caused fear of climate change, which inspired the drama around Keystone XL.
They reached an agreement with the U.S. government, and Biden undermined all faith and credibility.
Obama called it “dirty” and caused fear of climate change, which inspired the drama around Keystone XL.
This label may apply to any large construction project: airports, nuclear power plants or refineries.
Activist groups will always introduce their “science” and anger at “climate justice” can convince a fickle future president to remove anything.
That's the Biden episode of precedent. The American discourse depends on elections.
Government and private sector
Part of President Trump’s appeal is that he is not a professional politician. He is a businessman, and even more relevant, he is a builder. The private sector understands financial risks in ways that governments can never do.
Any company will risk on expensive projects of the Green Crusader…Imminent as a White House hopeful person?
Check out the $2 billion grant for liberal Stacey Abrams Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide a new climate nonprofit with zero staff and zero achievement.
The organization earned only $100, but earned 20 million times the taxpayer investment. Such unexpected gains will never happen in the private sector.
Government agents, whether institutional bureaucrats or long-term elected officials, do not understand the complexity of projects like Keystone.
Biden's cancellation itself did not bring taxpayers' “rescue”.
Any company will take on another expensive project of the Green Crusader, such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez A risk, DN.Y. is imminent, becoming the idea of the White House?
Job risks
The work done by individuals to sacrifice energy workers for their own work is often overlooked.
There are workers on Keystone…lost everything in the hands of a guy who calls himself “Scranton Joe”.
On 1,200 miles of pipes, there is no magnification of meetings, working from home, or even commuting home. You live in a camp, or many older workers have trailers or campers, and you can travel with the program.
Like all construction jobs on end dates, skilled workers are lined up in advance.
Workers with Keystone have five years of projected employment, but after Biden's actions, they lost everything from a man who called himself “Scranton Joe”.
Unlike the coverage of the Ministry of Government Efficiency (DOGE) today, it brings a sense of responsibility to government bureaucrats, There is no sympathy or support in mainstream media.
There is no “60 Minutes” section or the CBS story, telling the story of a Park Ranger who lost his “dream job.”
Keystone XL workers are the necessary casualties for Biden to work to save the planet.
Even with Trump’s responsibility, the administration needs to win the trust of industry. The federal government can sign an agreement that canceling the project will result in a refund. Congress can reclaim jurisdiction from the executive branch through well-written legislation.
As a builder, Donald Trump understands the importance of infrastructure projects. The Alaska LNG pipeline will take more than a decade to complete.
The proposed LNG pipeline from Pennsylvania to New England will take at least five years to complete.
Businesses have to think twice before investing billions of dollars. Now, the workers look at it again and then bring the flyer into a project that politicians can cancel.
These are not only lessons from Keystone, but also the sad legacy of Joe Biden, and the lasting damage he has done to our country.
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