It was 15 years ago, on February 9, 2005, that TransCanada Corporation first proposed the Keystone Pipeline project. It runs from the Canadian tar sands in northern Alberta to refineries in Illinois and Texas, and also to oil tank farms and an oil pipeline distribution center in Cushing, Oklahoma. The Keystone Pipeline is an oil pipeline system in Canada and the United States, commissioned in 2010 and owned by Calgary-based TC Energy, formerly TransCanada Corporation, and the Government of Alberta. In other environmental decisions, President Biden also is expected to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement, announce a date for a U.S.-hosted Leaders’ Climate Summit, reimpose methane-emission regulations on oil and gas operations, require government buildings shift towards clean energy, and block new oil drilling permits leased earlier this month in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He will be sworn in as President at noon on Janu(Photo courtesy Biden Transition) Senate before becoming the 47th Vice President of the United States.
President-elect Joe Biden represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S.
BIDEN DAY ONE SERIES
A series of executive orders expected from President Biden on his first day in office include many that affect the environment, particularly the climate.Īmong his actions on Day One, Biden intends to sign an executive order to rescind the construction permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline expansion granted in 2019 by President Donald Trump. WASHINGTON, DC, Janu(ENS) – President-elect Joe Biden has a busy day planned for Inauguration Day Wednesday, January 20.
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