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Indeed, the layoffs already have begun. Calgary-based TC Energy, developer of the KXL pipeline, has let go 1,000 U.S. and Canadian workers as a direct result of Mr. Biden’s decision to cancel the 2017 cross-border permit for the 1,179-mile pipeline extension over environmental and climate concerns. “A majority of the 1,000 are unionized workers who have been constructing on both sides of the border,” TC Energy spokesperson Terry Cunha told WorldOil. The specter of mass layoffs comes in contrast with Mr. Biden’s political image as a working-class hero from Scranton, Pennsylvania, altho...

Commentary By Tony Perkins | January 26, 2021 | 10:19am EST A transgender flag is brandished at a protest. (Photo credit: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) If there was a honeymoon, it's over. Less than a week into the administration that isn't Donald Trump's, a surprising number of Americans are already regretting his replacement. Within hours of his swearing in, Joe Biden got right to work -- alienating core constituencies with his attacks on oil, energy, unions, jobs, and women. Industries that had lined up to support the Democrat were s...

President Biden made halting construction on the Keystone XL Pipeline one of his first priorities in office, and now, one union that endorsed him is having a change of heart

Happy Monday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. The drum circle begins at sundown. Gosh, it seems like just last Friday I was writing about how awful the Biden presidency has been so far. We were only three days into it at the time. Apparently, this is a theme on which I will be working out many variations. What makes it all the more intense and unfortunate is that I didn’t even pay attention to the news after I put the Briefing to bed in the wee hours of Friday morning. My Friday, Saturday, and most of yesterday were mostly martinis, video games, and some generally healthy avoidance o...

Has the Honeymoon Already Ended Between Biden and Trade Unions over Keystone XL? It didn’t take long. On his first day in office, President Biden revoked the federal permit granted by Donald Trump for the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that would bring 800,000 barrels per day of Canadian oil through Montana and South Dakota to link up with existing pipelines in Nebraska. No less than three trade unions expecting to provide some of the 10,000-plus jobs to build the pipeline (initial work was already employing 1,000) have expressed anger and betrayal over this move by the new president, whom...