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Will Biden Really Cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline?
Biden’s team has released an agenda for his early days in office. How much of it will he actually go through with?
With Joe Biden set to assume the office of the Presidency on January 20th, his team has released a list of executive actions that he will take on a wide variety of issues ranging from coronavirus to climate change. According to CBS News, “Rescind Keystone XL Pipeline permit” is evidently scheduled for day one. While of course I am glad to see that Biden intends to use the power of the Presidency to rescind the permit for this cross-border pipeline, I and I’m sure many others are hesitant to get excited. While we wait to see what other steps the Biden administration will take in the effort to combat the ever-increasing threat of climate catastrophe, the cynical part of me can’t help but worry the rescinding of the permit and re-joining of the Paris Climate Accord are just an effort to make it appear as though he is taking appropriate action.
Frankly, I will be more than happy to be proven wrong, but I do not trust Joe Biden to go much further beyond these gestures.
Of course the permit should be rescinded and the nation should rejoin the Climate Accord. That said, before these steps have even taken place, I can already…
