Keystone Pipeline Project Canceled
The Keystone XL Pipeline is officially history as TC Energy announced last week the decision to terminate the project.
The project, which aimed to carry oil from the tar sands of Canada into the United States, had its permit revoked by President Biden in January. The project was anticipated to carry about 830,000 barrels of oil sands crude daily to Nebraska.
Republican leaders in Montana noted that Biden was at fault for the project being stopped.
“This is devastating news for our economy, jobs, environment and national security - and its entirely President Biden’s fault. It’s beyond clear that President Biden is beholden to extreme environmentalists, and Montanans and the American people are bearing the burden,” U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said. “While President Biden killed the American Keystone XL pipeline, he continues to support the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Biden would rather support Russian workers and jobs than Americans. Montanans and the American people are disappointed.”
U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont, released the statement, “President Biden owes Montanans an explanation as to why he decided to pull the Keystone XL Pipeline permit. This killed a project that was going to be critical to Montana. The administration has reversed over a decade of planning for our local governments, cut funding for our school systems, and sacrificed the communities that were dependent on revenue from this project to get through the pandemic. We are already seeing the price of Biden’s war on energy independence, and I fear its impact will only get worse.”
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, noted that he has worked to build the Keystone XL pipeline and bring its job and tax benefits to Eastern Montana for more than a decade. He urged the Biden Administration to reverse its decision to cancel the permit and come back to the table to sit down with stakeholders including TC Energy and Montana’s tribes to chart a path forward.
“I am bitterly disappointed to learn that construction of the Keystone XL pipeline will no longer be moving forward. I supported this project for years because of the good-paying jobs and tax revenue it would have created for the folks who live and work in Montana,” Tester said. “It’s frustrating that national politics killed a project that would have yielded big benefits for our state, but I am going to keep fighting to create jobs in rural Montana.”
