The Association of Oil Pipe Lines complained, as did the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters — though the union may only have itself to blame: it endorsed Biden in August, after he had promised to kill the pipeline in May. Duh!
President Joe Biden’s first day in office may have
been historic in more ways than one: he may have set a single-day
record for the number of jobs killed by an American president.
Biden revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, as promised. In so doing, he killed
some 11,000 direct jobs that the pipeline’s construction was to have
created, and an estimated 60,000 indirect jobs in secondary, related
industries.
Over 1,000 workers already on the job
— mostly union workers — will be laid off as a result of the decision,
even if it is litigated, as many expect it will be, in the courts.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) confronted Secretary of Transportation nominee
Pete Buttigieg over the Keystone XL decision on Thursday morning, during
Buttigieg’s confirmation hearing. If the administration was serious
about infrastructure, Cruz asked, why was it killing an infrastructure
project with “good, paying union jobs”?
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