Rural Town Left Out of Money, Hope After Keystone XL Shutdown
This is part four of a series exploring the effects of President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
PHILIP, S.D. Entire towns and communities along the route of the Keystone XL pipeline once lively and prosperous due to the economic opportunity it brought have been left out of money and out of hope after the project was scrapped by President Joe Biden on his first day in office.
One such town in rural South Dakota had invested heavily in their businesses in order to provide for an influx of workers the project had brought. Some businesses had even secured contracts with various companies working on the pipeline, but now have been left in deep debt and face a bleak future.
Loss of Keystone XL pipeline is a punch to Philip, SD, local business owners say
Over a dozen business owners proprietors from hotels to gas stops to fitness shops gathered in an ambulance garage in Philip, S.D., on Monday to tell three Republican congressmen what the demise of the Keystone XL pipeline will mean for their economic livelihoods. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | ×
Residents of Philip, S.D., and the surrounding region in western South Dakota gathered on Monday, Feb. 8, in the ambulance garage to share economic impact stories in the aftermath of the Keystone XL pipeline project s revocation with three members of Congress, including Rep. Dusty Johnson. From left: Jerry Kroetch of Scotchman Industries, a local manufacturer, and Rita and Glenn O Connell, owners of O Connell Construction. (Christopher Vondracek / Forum News Service)
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In one of his first acts as commander in chief, President Biden stopped construction of the $8 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline. In the fourth part of this series, Pipe Dreams Lost, the Washington Examiner reports on how South Dakotans are refusing to give up the fight, appealing to their local lawmakers and even Biden himself.
President Biden might have pulled the plug on the Keystone XL pipeline on his first full day in office, but pipeline workers, residents, and business owners in South Dakota affected by the decision say they aren t giving up without a fight.
Some are reaching out to their lawmakers in Washington, while others like Peter Bardeson, business manager for the Laborers, Local 620 in Sioux Falls, says his union plans to appeal to Biden directly.
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