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Biden’s Empty Environmentalism Shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline shows the new president’s preference for symbolism over substance on environmental policy.
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For at least the past two decades, the American environmentalist movement has been split into two camps. On one side, less conspicuous, are the conservationists dedicated to working with public and private actors to keep our air and water clean, preserve America’s natural beauty, and advance common-sense solutions to pressing issues like climate change. On the louder and more flamboyant side are the progressive activists, who prioritize heated rhetoric, symbolic measures, and political purity tests over practical solutions.
The newly introduced legislation declares that Keystone XL does not need a Presidential permit.
U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) reported Tuesday that he has introduced legislation authorizing construction and operation of TC Energy’s Keystone XL Pipeline.
Co-sponsored by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.), Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), and 83 other Republican House members, the legislation declares that Keystone XL does not require a Presidential permit – a response to President Biden’s recent revocation of the project’s critical border-crossing permit.
At press time, there were no Democratic co-sponsors.
“President Biden’s decision to revoke the Keystone XL Pipeline permit is an attack on the way of life for thousands of people who rely on energy production to feed their families,” remarked Armstrong in a written statement. “We must do everything we can to see this terrible decision reversed and fight for energy policies that help move North Dakota
Teamsters Mourn Loss Of Slain Paratransit Driver
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Teamsters are grieving the loss of Frankeye Duckett, a member of Teamsters Local 355 who was shot and killed in Baltimore last Friday. Duckett was on the job at the time of his death, working as a driver for the Maryland Transit Administration s MobilityLink Program, a transit service for people with disabilities. It was with a heavy heart that we learned of this senseless, horrible act of violence that took away from the world not just a Teamster brother, but a grandfather, a father, a sibling, a friend; a man who meant so much to so many, said James P. Hoffa, Teamsters General President. We pray that those responsible for this are held accountable as swiftly and justly as possible.
California State Senator McGuire Along With Broad Based Bipartisan Coalition, Introduces Bill To Get Tourism Industry Back To Work Published: Tuesday, 02 February 2021 05:56
$45 million one-time funding will get hundreds of thousands of Californians back to work and hospitality businesses opened safely
February 2, 2021 - Sacramento, CA – California’s travel and hospitality industry is one of the largest economic drivers for the state. Before COVID-19, more than 1.2 million California workers
earned their livelihoods in hospitality, and visitors spent $145 billion annually at California businesses, generating $12.3 billion in state and local tax revenues.
The coronavirus has had an especially devastating impact on California’s travel and tourism industry. Since last March, more than half of those 1.2 million hospitality workers lost their jobs, California lost $78.8 billion in visitor spending, and thousands of businesses have struggled to keep their doors open, e