Energy Experts and Environmentalists React to Biden Keystone Decision keystone halted (Source: rob masson) By Rob Masson | January 21, 2021 at 2:40 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 3:06 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Local oil industry experts and environmentalists react to President Joe Biden’s decision to kill the Keystone pipeline. Some say it could have brought jobs to Louisiana but environmentalists say the price was too high. In one of his first official acts… President Biden killed the 1200 mile Keystone XL pipeline. It is a project Canada has pushed for… as it looks for markets for millions of barrels of crude oil produced in the province of Alberta.