The statement of creating half a million jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue for states is a diplomatic strategy to build support and turn opposition into their favor. To clear this. [133] In this article Wood refers to the pipeline as a black snake that poses a major threat to the Sioux Nation. On March 28, 2017, his State Department illegally approved a cross-border permit for the pipeline, reversing the Obama administrations prior determination that KXL would not serve the national interest. [53], On November 10, 2011, the Department of State postponed a final decision while investigating "potential alternative routes around the Sandhills in Nebraska" in response to concerns that the project was not in the United States' national interest. A study published in early 2020, co-authored by TC Energys own scientists, found that the anti-corrosion coating on the projects pipes was damaged from being stored outside and exposed to the elements for the last decade, notes NRDC senior attorney Jaclyn Prange, who spent years working on KXL litigation. CVR alleged that the final tolls for the Canadian segment of the pipeline were 146% higher than initially presented, while the tolls for the U.S. segment were 92% higher. September 29, 2015 TransCanada dropped their lawsuit against Nebraska landowners who had refused permission allowing for pipeline easements on their properties, in order to exercise eminent domain over such use. The keystone pipeline is operated, build and retains almost all profits to Trans-Canada; short or long term financial to anyone in the USA - minor sort-term assembly which has already been manufactured, and most of the line is strategically positioned Across the heartland. [131] Despite TransCanadas actions, many Indigenous nations oppose the Keystone Pipeline.[132]. [58] How a single pipeline project became the epicenter of an enormous environmental, public health, and civil rights battle. On April 15, 2020, District Judge Brian Morris issued a suspension for the pipeline's construction after the plaintiffs, the Northern Plains Resource Council, alleged the project was improperly reauthorised back in 2017. "[211] In response to the Department of State's report, which recommended neither acceptance nor rejection, an editor of The New York Times recommended that Obama should reject the project, which "even by the State Department's most cautious calculationscan only add to the [climate change] problem". By September 29, 2015, TransCanada (later TC Energy) had dropped the lawsuit and acceded to the authority of elected, five-member Nebraska Public Service Commission, which has the state constitutional authority to approve gas and oil pipelines. [183], Bill McKibben, environmental and global warming activist and founder of 350.org, the group that organized the 2009 international protestsdescribed by CNN as "the most widespread day of political action in the planet's history"led the opposition to the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Fact: In various independent studies based on the future economics of the KXL project, it has been found that these claims of generating millions of dollars by TransCanada are a plot to get support for this project. "[253] To the extent that the oil would be extracted in any case, the relevant comparison would be to alternative means of transporting it; the Final SEIS considered three alternative scenarios and found that "total GHG emissions associated with construction and operation (direct and indirect) combined would be higher for each of the three scenarios than for the entire route encompassing the proposed Project". [94][95] In the summary judgment, the judge agreed that the Endangered Species Act was violated, thereby voiding the permit. [23][24], According to a February 10, 2011 Reuters article, Koch Industries were in a position to increase their profits substantially if the Keystone XL Pipeline were approved. The . [138] The report prompted 14 senators and congressmen to ask the State Department inspector general on October 26, 2011 "to investigate whether conflicts of interest tainted the process" for reviewing environmental impact. [4][5], In January 2014, the U.S. Department of State's (DoS) January 2014 "Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement" (SEIS) said that, "because of broader market dynamics and options for crude oil transport in the North American logistics system, the upstream and downstream activities are unlikely to be substantially different whether or not the proposed Project is constructed". A spill would have been devastating to the farms, ranches, and communities that depend on these crucial ecosystems. They then started rising again from late April. Yet somehow, the construction of pipelines remains a controversial topic. [214][215] Overall, the EPA rated the SEIS with their category "EO-2" (EO for "environmental objections" and 2 for "insufficient information"). [49] A 9,700 barrels (1,540m3) leak occurred in Marshall County, South Dakota in November 2017. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, gas prices rose sharply, peaking at $4.33 a gallon on March 11 before a slight decline. Support among Republicans had also fallen (to 76%) but not as steeply as among Democrats. At every turn, the Tar Sands Invasion would put people and the environment in harm's way. [31] : 147 [139], According to The New York Times, legal experts questioned whether the U.S. government was "flouting the intent" of the Federal National Environmental Policy Act, which "[was] meant to ensure an impartial environmental analysis of major projects". One of the central arguments made by pipeline pushers was that tar sands expansion will move forward with or without Keystone XL. [259], TransCanada Corporation responded with a letter by President and CEO Russel K. Girling stating that TransCanada "rejects the EPA inference that at lower oil prices the [Keystone XL Pipeline] Project will increase the rate of oil sands production growth and accompanying greenhouse gas emissions". The study found that the pipeline would have limited adverse environmental impacts, but was authored by a firm that had "previously worked on projects with TransCanada and describes the pipeline company as a 'major client' in its marketing materials". [43], In 2012, the US State Department estimated that the pipeline would create about 5,000 to 6,000 temporary jobs in the US during the two-year construction period, would increase gasoline availability to the Northeast and expand the Gulf refining industry. but the truth is energy prices will hike up at some point. "[176], A USA Today editorial pointed out that the 2013 Lac-Mgantic derailment in Quebec, in which crude oil carried by rail cars exploded and killed 47 people,[178] highlights the safety of pipelines compared to truck or rail transport. In 2009 it bought out ConocoPhillips' shares and revert to being the sole owner. Mann drew attention to a Maclean's article sub-titled "we used to be friends"[147] about U.S./Canada relations after President Obama had "insulted Canada (yet again)" over the pipeline. [201] Opponents claim that TransCanada applied to the U.S. government to use thinner steel and pump at higher pressures than normal. The market case had also deteriorated. [34], On January 22, 2008, ConocoPhillips acquired a 50% stake in the project. Pipeline spills can also result in significant economic and employment costs, although the systematic tracking of the social, health, and economic impacts of pipeline spills is not required by law. [28], Additional phases (III, completed in 2014, and IV, rejected in 2015) have been in construction or discussion since 2011. That's why our Emergency Response plans are approved by state and federal agencies, and why we practice them regularly. [citation needed] From January 2018 through December 31, 2019, Keystone XL development costs were $1.5 billion. OPINION: In the last few weeks, much of the rhetoric about energy has focused on President Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline and his de facto suspension of new oil and gas leases. However, current US president Joe Biden has now opposed the project by canceling permits of this project. Landowners in the path of the pipeline have complained about threats by TransCanada to confiscate private land and lawsuits to allow the "pipeline on their property even though the controversial project has yet to receive federal approval". In turn, it will impact Americas energy security and its economy by lowering energy prices. [35] U.S. Energy . [12] In response to a Freedom of Information Act request for route information, the Department of State revealed on June 24, 2013, that "Neither Cardno ENTRIX nor TransCanada ever submitted GIS information to the Department of State, nor was either corporation required to do so. It's derived from a sludgy, sticky deposit found beneath the wilds of northern Albertas boreal forest. But immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump brought the zombie project back to life, along with the legal battles against it. . The oil leak is the largest seen from the Keystone pipeline in the state. [20], The pipeline became well known when the proposed KXL extension attracted opposition from environmentalists with concerns about climate change and fossil fuels. [241][242] The leak was the largest in the United States in nearly a decade. When the Obama administration refused to grant the cross-border permit necessary to build TC Energys Keystone XL oil pipeline in November 2015, it struck a blow against polluting powers and acknowledged the consensus on this misguided project from a wide swath of communities, experts, and organizations. Its no small feat extracting oil from tar sands, and doing so comes with steep environmental and economic costs. [65], On November 6, 2015, the Obama administration rejected the Keystone XL pipeline project, citing economic and environmental concerns. In its November 11 response, TransCanada pointed out fourteen different routes for Keystone XL were being studied, eight that impacted Nebraska. history". [127] Locally caught fish and untreated surface water would be at risk for contamination through oil sands extraction, and are central to the diets of many Indigenous peoples. TransCanada nearly doubled its construction estimates in October 2007, from $2.8-billion (U.S.) to $5.2-billion. [230], On November 17, 2017, the pipeline leaked around 9,600 barrels (1,530m3)[231] onto farmland near Amherst, South Dakota. Obama had included a call to "be the generation that finally frees America from the tyranny of oil" in his 2008 United States presidential election. In this article he speaks on the dangers that could inevitably occur via the pipeline. However, current US president Joe Biden has now opposed the project by canceling permits of this project. Keystone XL - is a proposed pipeline of approx 1,179 miles that would join the existing channel to improve oil flow and save on transportation costs. Phase 4 is the "Keystone XL Pipeline" that President Joe Biden canceled. When industry-friendly politicians took charge of both congressional houses in January 2015, their first order of business was to pass a bill to speed up approval of Keystone XL. [66][67][68] Financial commitment towards completion of the pipeline was weakened by a number of technological factors as well. The Keystone pipeline was never built, so Biden's canceling it didn't make the U.S. more reliant on Russian oil. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. [74] This proved to be a major setback for TransCanada since they would have "years of new review and legal challenges". 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[182], The project met with active public opposition when it was first announced. According to The Globe and Mail, The refiners argue that construction overruns have raised the cost of shipping on the Canadian portion of Keystone by 145 per cent while the U.S. portion has run 92 per cent over budget. The House Energy and Commerce Committee's chairman at the time, Representative Henry Waxman, had also urged the State Department to block Keystone XL for greenhouse gas emission reasons. Initially, President Obama put this project on hold, but Donald Trump turned it and gave it a green flag. [256] and that over the proposed 50-year timeline of the pipeline, this could mean releasing as much as "1.37 billion more tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere". In addition, TransCanada has submitted a secret document to the Canadian government that states that the KXL pipeline will cause a hike in gas prices in the Midwest. Since this Keystone XL project will pass through the Sandhills region, a spill accident on a large scale in the future could cause severe damage to this environmentally sensitive region. For more than a decade, we've fought to keep this filthy fossil fuel from being dredged up and piped through the United States. [64], On November 3, 2015, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued a determination that the project was not in the public interest. [222] Stansbury concludes that safety assessments provided by TransCanada are misleading: "We can expect no fewer than 2 major spills per state during the 50-year projected lifetime of the pipeline. That number made it the seventh-largest onshore oil spill since 2002. [159], The number of temporary jobs created during the two-year construction of the KXL pipeline has been estimated by proponents to be as high as 20,000, and by independent groups to be as low as 2,000. It was expected to transport 830,000 barrels of Alberta tar sands oil per day to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Dallas Goldtooths article, Keystone XL would destroy our native lands. This pipeline project is supposed to connect oil sands in Alberta, Canada, to different cities, including Nebraska, Steele, and Gulf Coast. In 2011, Russ Girling, president and CEO of TransCanada, touted the positive impact of the project as "putting 20,000US workers to work and spending $7billion stimulating the US economy", according to a report they commissioned. [52], In September 2011, Cornell ILR Global Labor Institute released the results of the GLI Keystone XL Report, which evaluated the pipeline's impact on employment, the environment, energy independence, the economy, and other critical areas. [269] It began reversed operations on May 17, 2012. Later, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that a metal tracked vehicle had run over the area, damaging the pipeline. Pipeline spills are not just an environmental concern. Finally, there are hardly any requirements on how these pipelines should be constructed and maintained to ensure safety. Dealing in tar sands oil is an expensive endeavor. [39] The pipeline, from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, to Patoka, Illinois, United States, became operational in June 2010. In 2015, KXL was temporarily delayed by President Barack Obama. Erwin Seba/Reuters, FILE "We recognize that incidents . The suit was thrown out by a federal judge on procedural grounds, ruling that the NRDC lacked the authority to bring it. Construction of Phase III, from Cushing, Oklahoma, to Nederland, Texas, in the Gulf Coast area, began in August 2012 as an independent economic utility. [70] The order would expedite the environmental review, which Trump described as an "incredibly cumbersome, long, horrible permitting process. [230][235] In April 2018, a federal investigation found that 408,000 US gallons (1,540m3) of crude had spilled at the site, almost twice what TransCanada had reported. As an expansion of the companys existing Keystone Pipeline System, which has been operating since 2010 (and continues to send Canadian tar sands crude oil from Alberta to various processing hubs in the middle of the United States), the pipeline promised to dramatically increase capacity to process the 168 billion barrels of crude oil locked up under Canadas boreal forest. [165] According to the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), the pipeline will only create 35 permanent jobs.[166][167]. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. There is a long history of opposition to colonialism by indigenous people. [240], On December 7, 2022, TC Energy in Canada initiated a shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline System in response to a 9PM Eastern Time alarm signaling a loss in pressure. She cited as an example an effort by Saudi Arabia to stop television commercials critical of the Saudi government. [148], Canadian Ambassador Doer observes that Obama's "choice is to have it come down by a pipeline that he approves, or without his approval, it comes down on trains". Fact: KXL will Threaten the Ogallala Aquifer, Smaller oil pipeline to cross Ogallala Aquifer, "TransCanada Wins as Obama Keystone Permit Seen", "Keystone XL pipeline: Obama rejects controversial project", "TransCanada proposes new Keystone XL route in Nebraska", "Exclusive: State Dept. 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