Attorney General Chris Carr Files Suit to Block Biden's Keystone Cancellation

[TexasTowelie]

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today joined 20 other state attorneys general in filing suit in United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas to block President Biden’s unconstitutional and illegitimate attempt to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline (KXLP).

“This decision is political symbolism that will cause real-world damage, pure and simple,” said Attorney General Chris Carr. “President Biden does not have the power to overturn a permit granted by an Act of Congress, and what makes his actions even more disappointing is the complete disregard he is showing for American jobs and U.S. energy independence.”

The Keystone XL pipeline would cross into the United States in northern Montana, proceed through South Dakota and terminate in Nebraska where it would connect to other existing Keystone pipelines that travel to state-of-the-art refining centers in predominantly along the Gulf Coast. An estimated 42,100 jobs with $2 billion in associated earnings throughout the United States would be created. Additionally, communities along its path would be infused with tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue.

Despite several exhaustive studies undertaken by the Obama State Department that concluded the Keystone XL pipeline would boost the U.S economy, create American jobs, and safely transport oil throughout the country without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, Biden revoked the permit via executive order mere hours after reciting his oath of office. If this revocation is not reversed, the highly anticipated jobs, businesses, and investments will not materialize, and these communities will lose out on a once-in-a-generation economic opportunity. It will also have a ripple effect that adversely impacts the economy and environment in non-pipeline states.

Read more: https://allongeorgia.com/georgia-state-politics/attorney-general-chris-carr-files-suit-to-block-bidens-keystone-cancellation/

[RainCaster]

1. This is pure GOP BS

42,000 jobs? Maybe 1% of that. It helps Canada more than the US. Shipping a highly poluting oil to a world that doesn't need it.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Maybe they can all pipe their bullshit to some large fertilizer plant instead.

[PortTack]

3. It will be interesting when the judge asks them to show the correct numbers

the pipeline would have provided maybe a 1,000 temporary construction jobs, following construction it would have employed only 35 full time jobs. And, it would not transport oil, but tars sands which are expensive to refine and not profitable. To say nothing of the pollution in refining them or the possible dangers to large water sheds.

They just keep growing bigger and bigger lies!

https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/24/investing/keystone-pipeline-jobs-trump/index.html