Signaling his commitment to quickly confront climate change, President-elect Joe Biden is planning to move within days to quash the controversial multibillion-dollar Keystone XL pipeline, according to two individuals familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it had not been announced yet. The politically symbolic pipeline, promoted by the oil and gas industry since it was proposed 15 years ago, has drawn opposition because it would carry tar sands, molasses-like petroleum from the boreal forests of northern Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. |
No comments:
Post a Comment