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Jan 19, 2021 · Here is a look back at the history of the controversial project: Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on 1st day in office, sources confirm. July 2008: TC Energy — then ...
Mar 15, 2022 · The takedown of the notorious Keystone XL (KXL) tar sands pipeline will go down as one of this generation’s most monumental environmental victories. After more than 10 years of tenacious ...
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Jan 6, 2016 · Here are some key dates in Keystone XL’s history: July 2008: TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) and ConocoPhillips, joint owners of the Keystone Pipeline, propose a major extension to the network ...
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The Keystone Pipeline currently ships up to 591,000 barrels of crude oil per day. It carries this oil from Albertato refineries in Illinois and Texas. Keystone XL would have increased the system’s capacity to 830,000 barrels of oil per day. It would have crossed the Canada-US border en route from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska. The Albe...
Environmental groups, ranchers, and Indigenous communities in Alberta, Montana and Nebraska opposed the project. Many feared the additional crude oil shipped by the pipeline would pollute lands and rivers. In the context of the Keystone XL debate, climatologistJames Hansen said in 2012 that if Canada’s oil reserves were fully tapped, the resulting ...
In March 2017, US president Donald Trump issued a permit approving the project. TC Energy began seeking other permits and approvals needed to begin construction. In November 2018, however, a federal judge in Montana stopped the project with an injunction. The judge ordered the State Department to complete a more thorough environmental assessmentbef...
TC Energy began building Keystone XL on both sides of the border in the first half of 2020. To speed up this work, the Alberta government promised an equityinvestment of $1.5 billion in the pipeline. Alberta also guaranteed a $6 billion loan for construction. Keystone XL was expected to be in service in 2023.
As one of his first actions in office, President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL’s US permit on 20 January 2021. This was part of a larger order designed to re-establish the United States’ leadership on climate action. In response, TC Energy suspended construction. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta premier Jason Kenneyboth expressed disappo...
Following more than a decade of delays and controversies, TC Energy and the Alberta government announced the termination of the Keystone XL pipeline project on 9 June 2021. Final costs to the Alberta government “are expected to be materially within $1.3 billion.” The pipeline’s cancellation is viewed as a major victory for environmentalists and Ind...
The Keystone XL Pipeline will provide a safe, reliable and environmentally responsible way to deliver energy from Western Canada to markets in the United States. The project will support tens of thousands of jobs, providing economic benefits on both sides of the border, nationally and locally to communities along its route. $3.4 billion. boost ...
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Aug 11, 2022 · The Keystone XL Pipeline was first proposed in 2008 and intended to transport oil from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S Gulf Coast through a more direct line than what currently is in place, thus ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Keystone pipeline, petroleum pipeline that stretches 2,687 miles (4,324 km) across Canada and parts of the continental United States and is designed to deliver oil recovered from tar sands in Alberta, Canada, with petroleum terminals in Houston, Texas, and Patoka, Illinois, in the United States. The first phase of the Keystone Pipeline was ...
