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Beyond Keystone and Dakota Access, Biden has signaled his administration would make it harder for pipelines to obtain the federal permits they need to be built in the first place, as a way to respond to climate change.
Manuel Balce Ceneta
President Biden's pending decision whether to shut down the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline could deepen early tensions between environmentalists and unions that endorsed him.
Biden's day-one order to revoke a permit for the better-known Keystone XL oil pipeline between Canada and the United States drew backlash from organized labor and some centrist Democrats who say the cancellation will kill thousands of construction jobs.