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HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Feb 02, 2021 01:57 AM EST US Unions and Environmentalists are now on the opposite sides of a dispute between Canada and the United States over significant pipeline projects. The US is the largest oil and gas producer in the world. President Joe Biden's administration intends to maneuver the US economic structure in the direction of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. His preliminary measures in that direction included the cancellation of the Keystone XL (KXL) crude oil pipeline allowance and reduced oil and gas leasing. Nevertheless, Biden's supporters' reaction...

Once united in support of Joe Biden, environmentalists and unions clash over pipelines Environmentalists see Biden as an ally in the battle to wean the United States off fossil fuels and stymie imports of carbon-intensive heavy crude from Canada's vast oil sands. They are intensifying efforts to shut three other pipelines: Enbridge Inc's Line 3 and Line 5, and Energy Transfer's Dakota Access Pipeline. Written By: Laura Sanicola and Nia Williams / Reuters | 7:17 am, Feb. 1, 2021 × Nathan Phillips, center, marches with other protesters out of the main opposition cam...

Once united in support of Biden, environmentalists and unions clash over pipelines Reuters 2/1/2021 By Laura Sanicola and Nia Williams © Reuters/Terray Sylvester FILE PHOTO: Nathan Phillips marches with other protesters out of the main opposition camp against the Dakota Access oil pipeline near Cannon Ball By Laura Sanicola and Nia Williams NEW YORK (Reuters) - Environmentalists and labor unions that threw their support behind U.S. President Joseph Biden now find themselves on the opposite sides of a battle over the construction of big pipeline projects between Canada a...