President Obama on Friday rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project.
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The decision risked damaging US relations with its neighbor and major trading partner. The project is not in the national interest, he says.
The decision is considered a victory for environmentalists.
“Today’s announcement unfortunately comes as no surprise”. The conference begins on November 30. All the Democratic presidential candidates are against the pipeline, but all the Republicans candidates would likely OK the project. “With the rejection of the pipeline the Administration is rejecting the creation of tens of thousands of jobs and proving that keeping energy prices affordable for our nation is not a priority”. The 1,179-mile pipeline would have started in Canada at Hardisty, Alberta, and made its way through Cushing, Oklahoma, and eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico. TransCanada was the company behind the plan.
Despite Trudeau’s remarks, pledged his support for the Keystone XL project, the Star reported. Nor would it have reduced gas prices nationwide, and it might have increased them in Illinois.
The pipeline’s backers are expected to challenge the president’s decision in court, and the republican controlled congress may try to override the President, although those efforts have previously failed. Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are opposed to the pipeline. “Our biggest and most successful businesses are going all in for clean energy”, he said.
“Just a few years ago, insiders and experts wrote us off and assured the world Keystone XL would be built by the end of 2011”, adds 350.org executive director May Boeve.
The pipeline was first proposed in 2008 and in 2011; a State Department review found that the Keystone Pipeline would have few to no adverse effects on the environment, a decision that was greatly denounced by environmental activists. Hai Do was the editor.
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The PUC held hearings during the summer in its review of whether to approve – for the second time in five years – the construction of Keystone’s pipeline through South Dakota. Tell us in the comments section or on our Facebook page.
