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By A. Kim | February 9, 2021 | 5:19pm EST (Getty Images) (CNS News) -- Despite 57% of union households supporting Joe Biden in the 2020 Presidential election, many of the largest workers’ unions in the United States have formally denounced the President’s action to terminate the Keystone XL pipeline.  By executive order, Biden halted construction of the multi-billion-dollar oil transportation system on Jan. 20, his first day in office. His action is estimated to cost 26,100 direct and indirect jobs, according to the U.S. State Department. Consistin...

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eye on the news Biden’s Empty Environmentalism Shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline shows the new president’s preference for symbolism over substance on environmental policy. Politics and law Infrastructure and energy 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...

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, t...

energy independence - you know, in the spirit of 'Make America Great Again' - but it generated thousands of good-paying jobs both in the U.S. and Canada. The massive project, which would have transported more than 800,000 barrels [130,000 m3] of heavy crude per day from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast, was one of Donald Trump's signature economic projects. Biden argued against construction of Keystone XL, saying its "significance...for our energy security and economy is limited." Thus, it is important for the U.S. to "prioritize the development of a clean energy economy, which will in tur...