Keystone XL Pipeline Was Infrastructure, and the Biden Administration Killed It

TC Energy, the developer of the Keystone XL Pipeline, confirmed yesterday it is officially pulling the plug on the project after Joe Biden revoked permits to the pipeline on his first day in office.

“Construction activities to advance the Project were suspended following the revocation of its Presidential Permit on January 20, 2021,” the company said in a statement. “The Company will continue to coordinate with regulators, stakeholders and Indigenous groups to meet its environmental and regulatory commitments and ensure a safe termination of and exit from the Project.”

Biden’s day-one decision came as a blow to thousands of oil and gas workers who were set to be employed at the pipeline. Many of them said they were still out of work months after the project was suspended with no clean energy job opportunities in sight as the administration promised.

“I lost probably 60 to 80 grand not being able to go on that job,” said one pipeline worker. “I mean that’s my livelihood. If I’m not off working, I’m barely scraping by. I’ve got two kids I’m having to support. What am I supposed to do there?”

Since then, the White House has been full steam ahead on promoting their tax-and-spend infrastructure proposals — which Republicans point out includes not enough hard infrastructure while allocating that money to more items off of Democrats’ liberal wishlist.

Adding to the controversy was President Biden’s latest decision to greenlight a Russian pipeline, despite his criticism of Keystone and the effects pipelines have on the environment. Biden is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week while overseas for the G7 summit.

Bottom line: After killing a key piece of American infrastructure that created jobs and boosted our energy independence, Joe Biden has shown he cares more about appeasing the radical demands of his far-left base than putting America first.