Biden mulls cancelling Keystone XL pipeline permit
President-elect was vice-president in the Obama administration when it rejected the project as contrary to its efforts to combat climate change
18 January 2021 - 09:53
Wilmington/Bengaluru — US president-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9bn Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in office, and perhaps as soon as his first day, according to a source familiar with his thinking.
President Donald Trump, a Republican, had made building the pipeline a central promise of his presidential campaign. Biden, who will be inaugurated on Wednesday, was vice-president in the Obama administration when it rejected the project as contrary to its efforts to combat climate change...
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