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The Last Keystone Excuse
A Nebraska court decision means Obama is out of fig leaves.
Jan. 9, 2015 6:59 pm ET
For six years President Obama has used one pretext after another to avoid approving the Keystone XL pipeline. Now the Nebraska Supreme Court has blown up his last excuse, and the President owes it to the country to either say yes or to come clean about his anti-fossil fuel politics.
Nebraska’s top court on Friday upheld a state law giving the Governor authority to review and approve major pipeline projects. The ruling ended litigation brought by a trio of Nebraska landowners who claimed Governor Dave Heineman’s 2013 approval of the Keystone route through his state was unconstitutional. The litigation was the latest reason the Administration had concocted—raising it in April—for again delaying a Keystone decision. (Article behind paywall.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-last-keystone-excuse-1420847980
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Biden admin quietly admits canceling Keystone XL Pipeline cost thousands of jobs, billions of dollars
President Biden's decision to revoke pipeline's permits hurt 'working families,' Montana senator says
Thomas Catenacci By Thomas Catenacci Fox News
PublishedJanuary 5, 2023 2:39pm EST
(partial story- highlights listed below)
The report, which the Department of Energy (DOE) completed in late December without any public announcement, says the Keystone XL projectwould have created between 16,149 and 59,000 jobsandwould have had a positive economic impact of between $3.4-9.6 billion, citing various studies. A previous report from the federal government published in 2014 determined 3,900 direct jobs and 21,050 total jobs would be created duringconstruction which was expected to take two years.
But immediately after taking office in January 2021,Biden canceled the pipeline's permits, effectively shutting the project down.
Keystone XL had beenslated to be completed early this yearand transport an additional 830,000 barrels of crude oil from Canada to the U.S. through an existing pipeline network, according to its operator, TC Energy.
The project labor agreement that TC Energy signed in August 2020 with four labor unions promised the pipeline would create 42,000 American jobs and provide $2 billion in total wages.
TC Energy ultimately gave up on the project in June 2021 as a result of Biden's decision. Last year, a federal judge tossed a legal challenge from nearly two dozen states asking the court to reinstate the pipeline's permits.
"The Department of Energy finally admitted to the worst-kept secret about the Keystone Pipeline: President Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline sacrificed thousands of American jobs," Risch said Thursday.
"To make matters worse, his decision moved the U.S. further away from energy independence and lower gas prices at a time when inflation and gas prices are drastically impacting Americans’ pocketbooks," he added.
"The president must turn to American-made energy and jobs rather than dictators and despots to fix the energy crisis he created on his first day in office."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-quietly-admits-canceling-keystone-xl-pipeline-cost-thousands-jobs-billions-dollars
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What Keystone Pipeline Cancellation Means For Crude-by-rail
February 15, 2021 (
…But crude-by-rail "has been problematic because with the low price for oil, and the relatively higher price for rail transport, nothing looks very appealing.The problem is not oil supply, it is the reduced demand during the pandemic. Once we come out of this period, demand will return, and $100-per-barrel oil will, too," Prentice said.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/keystone-pipeline-cancellation-means-crude-145130251.html
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https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/SPR%202022%20Annual%20Report%20to%20Congress.pdf
https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-plans-purchase-another-6-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve
Biden delays plans to restock nation’s emergency oil reserve
https://apnews.com/article/oil-biden-strategic-petroleum-reserve-aee28f8c2ee5c33a81f08529f676e42b
With Bidan using up the Strategic Reserves, a nation-wide return to work post-pandemc, and the 2023/2024 winter season upon us, will we see an upward sudden spike in crude oil and gasoline prices that will cripple the nation?