Dan Healing
In this Dec. 18, 2020 photo, pipes to be used for the Keystone XL pipeline are stored in a field near Dorchester, Neb. The leader of a group promoting Indigenous participation in oil and gas development as a solution to poverty on reserves says the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by President Joe Biden is a major setback. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chris Machian /Omaha World-Herald via AP January 22, 2021 - 1:30 PM
CALGARY - The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by U.S. President Joe Biden is a major setback for Canadian Indigenous people, says the leader of a group promoting their participation in oil and gas development as a solution to poverty on reserves.
Mr. Francis, president of Natural Law Energy, entered into a historic agreement in September between TC Energy, the pipeline’s developer, for the five-tribe company to become an equity partner with a $1 billion investment in Keystone XL.
“We, like many Indigenous communities across North America, have been inspired by President-elect Biden’s position to support minority communities and build an economy where everyone enjoys an equal chance to get ahead,” Mr. Francis said. “A decision against Keystone XL is the exact opposite of that pledge.”
Indeed, Mr. Biden stressed during his campaign his commitment to “working to empower tribal nations.” He then followed up by announcing that he would name Rep. Deb Haaland, New Mexico Democrat, to head the Interior Department, which would make her the first American Indian Cabinet secretary in U.S. history.
Before President Biden was even inaugurated, TC Energy let it be known they would be stopping work on the Keystone XL pipeline. In recent days, it has been widely expected that Biden would use an. . .
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19 January, 2021, 11:21 am
FILE PHOTO: A depot used to store pipes for Transcanada Corp s planned Keystone XL oil pipeline is seen in Gascoyne, North Dakota, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester/
CALGARY, Alberta/OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s expected move to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline prompted Canada’s main oil-producing province of Alberta on Monday to threaten to seek damages as Ottawa made efforts to save the troubled project.
Scrapping the project would threaten Canadian jobs and the U.S.-Canadian relationship as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tries to turn the page on the Donald Trump era, though the idea drew support from environmental groups and progressive U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders.