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U.S. president-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office, sources confirmed to CBC News on Sunday.
The purported briefing note from the Biden transition team was widely circulated over the weekend after being shared by the incoming president's team with U.S. stakeholders.
he words "Rescind Keystone XL pipeline permit" appear on a list of executive actions supposedly scheduled for Day 1 of Biden's presidency.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5877038
moonscape
(4,673 posts)niyad
(113,336 posts)electric_blue68
(14,906 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,631 posts)VA_Jill
(9,983 posts)Kath2
(3,074 posts)Hitting the ground running, Joe and Kamala!!!
onecaliberal
(32,863 posts)Good move.
bluestarone
(16,975 posts)Do i love that!!!!
Celerity
(43,408 posts)BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)He's going to be a good president.
Cha
(297,297 posts)to believe.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)onetexan
(13,043 posts)FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)llmart
(15,540 posts)What a wonderful move and I approve bigly!!!
James48
(4,436 posts)Before Joe Biden takes office.
How about we just keep our mouths shut, and wait the 2 1/2 more days, and let them all be surprised AFTER binding orders are signed, ok???
mysteryowl
(7,390 posts)The environment is put at risk and damaged and the oil goes overseas!
AllaN01Bear
(18,252 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)ancianita
(36,068 posts)I love the news lately. I'm going to love getting up in the morning again.
lark
(23,105 posts)Best smile I've had all dayl
argyl
(3,064 posts)Cozmo
(1,402 posts)StClone
(11,683 posts)Lawsuit recently filed doesn't seem to focus on environmental Impact statements which were not fully addressed from my understanding:
*Although, the pipelines proposed path crosses the plaintiff tribes homelands, the tribes have not been consulted as required by law and DOI policy.
*In granting the right-of-way, the BLM failed to analyze and uphold the United States treaty obligations to protect the Tribes lands and natural resources. The government failed to even evaluate an alternate route to avoids tribal treaty lands.
*The governments analysis does not meaningfully address how an influx of out-of-state construction workers will affect the health, welfare, and safety of tribal members, and in particular Native women and children.
*The agencies have not considered the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on either health and safety or the global oil markets.
*The 2019 supplemental environmental impact statement has numerous issues and shortcomings. Even its maps do not give enough detail to show impacts on Indian lands.
*In their permit application, TransCanada agreed to abide by tribal laws and regulation, which they have failed to do.
https://www.narf.org/keystone-xl/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxsbx7bKk7gIVBOPACh1XqAjLEAAYASAAEgJaJfD_BwE
Jazz Jon
(109 posts)Hurray.
More good news. Addtionally... I wrote to the Alaska interior authorities per request from the Sierra Club.
Only two small oil companies showed up for the auctioning off of the Alaska national wildlife refuge. It was a bust.
They said oil companies were discouraged by pressure from environmentalists. Can you believe that? That is the first
pro-environment objection that I have made that has ever panned out. The polluters almost always win.
Are things changing for the environment?
Fla Dem
(23,690 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)"He's taking rrrr jbbbbs..."
Takket
(21,576 posts)with everything going on i honestly forgot about this.......... drumpf, of course, has been forcing through permits. sounds like construction began in 2020 and was halted by SCOTUS in July 2020. Hopefully this ends this nonsense for all time. building this damn pipeline is more about "sticking it" to people who support green energy than anything else. in 2020 building this thing makes about as much sense as breeding leeches for medical treatment.
moondust
(19,993 posts)I would expect some friction with Canada over this.
Takket
(21,576 posts)Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)the president. It's time to turn BLUE.
Otherwise, don't expect any different from this president than what the last dished out when the tables were turned.
Renounce your evil Putin ways.
BComplex
(8,053 posts)to pass a law that makes that kind of thing unthinkable, and it has to be supreme court-proof.