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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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Feb 9, 2021 3:40 PM
South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson, along with colleagues from North Dakota and Washington, hosted a discussion yesterday (Feb. 8, 2021) with nearly two dozen business owners who have been impacted by President Joe Biden’s Executive Order shutting down construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Johnson said canceling the Pipeline with the stroke of a pen “destroyed the investment made by thousands of everyday Americans.”
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President Biden has revoked a permit for the Keystone XL crude-oil pipeline, but some people along the pipeline route want to revive it.
That sentiment is common in Philip. U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, gathered about 20 local residents on Monday for a roundtable discussion at the Philip Ambulance Hall.
Jeff Birkeland is CEO of West Central Electric. He said the rural cooperative stood to make $90 million in revenue providing electricity for Keystone XL pump stations during the first eight years of the pipeline’s operation.
Birkeland said his rural cooperative has a tough time keeping up its infrastructure. He said almost three-fourths of the cooperative’s power poles date to the 1950s.