A Pennsylvania congressman has slammed President Joe Biden for cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline expansion project..Republican Congressman Fred Keller said the pipeline was amongst a series of projects by former President Donald Trump that kept energy costs low for his constituents..“Canceling the Keystone XL pipeline is counter to President Biden’s message of unity,” Keller tweeted..“Thousands of hard-working Americans are now out of work and the progress we’ve made over the last four years in developing America’s energy independence hangs in the balance.”.In a Thursday morning interview with NewsMax, Keller said: “When you look at the number of jobs lost by this, it’s really devastating.”.It’s thought more than 11,000 people would lose their jobs, including 2,000 laid off Wednesday in Alberta..Pennsylvania was a flip state in the 2020 election, turning for Biden after voting for Trump four years ago.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .Keller said residents in his district “had $1,100 in savings in energy costs because of Trump policies. I hate to see that undone.”.The congressman also noted Biden had again signed the US up for the Paris Accord on climate change, saying these things “aren’t going to help.”.On Wednesday, an angry Alberta Premier Jason Kenney called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to slam economic sanctions on the US if new Biden can’t be persuaded to let the Keystone XL project proceed..Earlier Wednesday, Calgary-based TC Energy said they are halting work on the US$8billion pipeline expansion project..Alberta has $7.5 billion tied up in the project – a $1.5 billion cash infusion to TC Energy and $6 billion in loan guarantees. The cancellation of the project could prove to be ruinous to Alberta’s economy, and catastrophic to its government finances..Kenney told the Wednesday press conference he had “no regrets” about staking so much taxpayers’ money on the project..“Any responsible government would have made that decision or the project would have died last year,” said Kenney..Kenney has vowed to sue if Biden cancels the project..During the Democratic primaries and campaign, Biden vowed to kill the pipeline, large portions of which have already been built in Alberta. He made the vow before Alberta invested it’s money..Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, have also said in the past they would put an end to fracking, a promise they did not repeat during the campaign..The Keystone pipeline runs from Alberta to refineries in Illinois and Texas..The new pipeline would have run from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska..Trudeau vowed to continuing fighting for the pipeline, citing a phone call he made to Biden in November as an example of his efforts..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
A Pennsylvania congressman has slammed President Joe Biden for cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline expansion project..Republican Congressman Fred Keller said the pipeline was amongst a series of projects by former President Donald Trump that kept energy costs low for his constituents..“Canceling the Keystone XL pipeline is counter to President Biden’s message of unity,” Keller tweeted..“Thousands of hard-working Americans are now out of work and the progress we’ve made over the last four years in developing America’s energy independence hangs in the balance.”.In a Thursday morning interview with NewsMax, Keller said: “When you look at the number of jobs lost by this, it’s really devastating.”.It’s thought more than 11,000 people would lose their jobs, including 2,000 laid off Wednesday in Alberta..Pennsylvania was a flip state in the 2020 election, turning for Biden after voting for Trump four years ago.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .Keller said residents in his district “had $1,100 in savings in energy costs because of Trump policies. I hate to see that undone.”.The congressman also noted Biden had again signed the US up for the Paris Accord on climate change, saying these things “aren’t going to help.”.On Wednesday, an angry Alberta Premier Jason Kenney called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to slam economic sanctions on the US if new Biden can’t be persuaded to let the Keystone XL project proceed..Earlier Wednesday, Calgary-based TC Energy said they are halting work on the US$8billion pipeline expansion project..Alberta has $7.5 billion tied up in the project – a $1.5 billion cash infusion to TC Energy and $6 billion in loan guarantees. The cancellation of the project could prove to be ruinous to Alberta’s economy, and catastrophic to its government finances..Kenney told the Wednesday press conference he had “no regrets” about staking so much taxpayers’ money on the project..“Any responsible government would have made that decision or the project would have died last year,” said Kenney..Kenney has vowed to sue if Biden cancels the project..During the Democratic primaries and campaign, Biden vowed to kill the pipeline, large portions of which have already been built in Alberta. He made the vow before Alberta invested it’s money..Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, have also said in the past they would put an end to fracking, a promise they did not repeat during the campaign..The Keystone pipeline runs from Alberta to refineries in Illinois and Texas..The new pipeline would have run from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska..Trudeau vowed to continuing fighting for the pipeline, citing a phone call he made to Biden in November as an example of his efforts..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694