Well it didn't take long. One thing that Democrat politicians and their media enablers are good at is virtue signaling. Biden's plan to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline is a perfect example of this kind of meaningless gesture meant to appease climate fanatics on the Left.
97 percent of Canada's proven reserves are located in the oil sands, and the oil sands account for more than 60 percent of the country’s current oil production. Canada is the third-largest exporter of crude oil in the world, and 98 percent of that goes to the United States, accounting for almost half of the USA's imports of crude oil. Biden's decision is estimated to cost upwards of 11,000 jobs, 8,000 of which are union, and an estimated $1.6 billion in gross wages.
This oil will continue to flow south regardless of the means. Much of it will continue to go by rail, a far less environmentally friendly method of moving the product. And the thing to note is this oil is not coming from Venezuela or the Middle East. It is coming from the America's closest ally.
So Joe is off to a good start.
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