‘Vindication’: Keystone critics welcome Biden nixing pipeline
Al JazeeraMontreal, Canada – Opponents of the contentious Keystone XL pipeline are welcoming United States President Joe Biden’s decision to nix the multibillion-dollar project, saying the move provides a “sense of vindication” in their years-long fight. “Sadly, it is an insult aimed at the US’s most important ally and trading partner,” he said, urging the Canadian federal government to sit down with Biden to discuss the project. Climate leadership Eugene Kung, a staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law in Vancouver, said Biden’s actions on his first day in office, including a pledge to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, “put the US back on the path towards global climate leadership”. “However, on his first day in office, President Biden has now passed Trudeau by cancelling an unnecessary oil sands pipeline, while Prime Minister Trudeau continues to cling to Trans Mountain and support.” Other fights continue Meanwhile, Indigenous groups said though they welcomed Keystone XL’s cancellation as “a substantial victory”, they would continue to exert pressure on the Biden administration to cancel other main pipeline projects.
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