Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Recuses Himself From Keystone Pipeline Decisions
LOADING ERROR LOADING Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will recuse himself from any decisions surrounding the Keystone XL pipeline, the State Department said. Tillerson, former CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp., decided last month to remove himself from issues related to pipeline owner TransCanada’s application for a permit, said a letter from the State Department to environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday. Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA, wrote to the State Department on Wednesday, urging Tillerson to step away from any decisions regarding Keystone because his former employer, Exxon Mobil, “would directly and predictably benefit from the approval” of the project. TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada’s tar sands through the U.S. and on to the Gulf of Mexico, had been the source of political and environmental handwringing for five years until former President Barack Obama rejected the project in 2015, citing climate change.
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