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From Master Resource<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Robert Bradley Jr.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ed. Note<\/strong>: The government giveth and taketh. The Stop Order issued last Friday regarding Revolution Wind Farm<\/a> invites a relook at the similar orders against the completion of the Keystone XL Pipeline (Obama 2015) and in-process liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports (Biden 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statement by the President on the Keystone XL Pipeline<\/a> (November 6, 2015)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Several years ago, the State Department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through our heartland to ports in the Gulf of Mexico and out into the world market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning, Secretary [John] Kerry informed me that, after extensive public outreach and consultation with other Cabinet agencies, the State Department has decided that the Keystone XL Pipeline would not serve the national interest of the United States.  I agree with that decision.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning, I also had the opportunity to speak with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada.  And while he expressed his disappointment, given Canada\u2019s position on this issue, we both agreed that our close friendship on a whole range of issues, including energy and climate change, should provide the basis for even closer coordination between our countries going forward.  And in the coming weeks, senior members of my team will be engaging with theirs in order to help deepen that cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, for years, the Keystone Pipeline has occupied what I, frankly, consider an overinflated role in our political discourse.  It became a symbol too often used as a campaign cudgel by both parties rather than a serious policy matter.  And all of this obscured the fact that this pipeline would neither be a silver bullet for the economy, as was promised by some, nor the express lane to climate disaster proclaimed by others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To illustrate this, let me briefly comment on some of the reasons why the State Department rejected this pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First<\/em><\/strong>:  The pipeline would not make a meaningful long-term contribution to our economy.  So if Congress is serious about wanting to create jobs, this was not the way to do it.  If they want to do it, what we should be doing is passing a bipartisan infrastructure plan that, in the short term, could create more than 30 times as many jobs per year as the pipeline would, and in the long run would benefit our economy and our workers for decades to come.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our businesses created 268,000 new jobs last month.  They\u2019ve created 13.5 million new jobs over the past 68 straight months \u2014 the longest streak on record.  The unemployment rate fell to 5 percent.  This Congress should pass a serious infrastructure plan, and keep those jobs coming.  That would make a difference. The pipeline would not have made a serious impact on those numbers and on the American people\u2019s prospects for the future.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second<\/em><\/strong>:  The pipeline would not lower gas prices for American consumers.  In fact, gas prices have already been falling \u2014 steadily.  The national average gas price is down about 77 cents over a year ago.  It\u2019s down a dollar over two years ago.  It\u2019s down $1.27 over three years ago.  Today, in 41 states, drivers can find at least one gas station selling gas for less than two bucks a gallon.  So while our politics have been consumed by a debate over whether or not this pipeline would create jobs and lower gas prices, we\u2019ve gone ahead and created jobs and lowered gas prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third<\/em><\/strong>:  Shipping dirtier crude oil into our country would not increase America\u2019s energy security.  What has increased America\u2019s energy security is our strategy over the past several years to reduce our reliance on dirty fossil fuels from unstable parts of the world.  Three years ago, I set a goal to cut our oil imports in half by 2020.  Between producing more oil here at home, and using less oil throughout our economy, we met that goal last year \u2014 five years early.  In fact, for the first time in two decades, the United States of America now produces more oil than we buy from other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the truth is, the United States will continue to rely on oil and gas as we transition \u2014 as we must transition \u2014 to a clean energy economy.  That transition will take some time.  But it\u2019s also going more quickly than many anticipated.  Think about it.  Since I took office, we\u2019ve doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas by 2025; tripled the power we generate from the wind; multiplied the power we generate from the sun 20 times over.  Our biggest and most successful businesses are going all-in on clean energy.  And thanks in part to the investments we\u2019ve made, there are already parts of America where clean power from the wind or the sun is finally cheaper than dirtier, conventional power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The point is the old rules said we couldn\u2019t promote economic growth and protect our environment at the same time.  The old rules said we couldn\u2019t transition to clean energy without squeezing businesses and consumers.  But this is America, and we have come up with new ways and new technologies to break down the old rules, so that today, homegrown American energy is booming, energy prices are falling, and over the past decade, even as our economy has continued to grow, America has cut our total carbon pollution more than any other country on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the United States of America is leading on climate change with our investments in clean energy and energy efficiency.  America is leading on climate change with new rules on power plants that will protect our air so that our kids can breathe.  America is leading on climate change by working with other big emitters like China to encourage and announce new commitments to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.  In part because of that American leadership, more than 150 nations representing nearly 90 percent of global emissions have put forward plans to cut pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action to fight climate change.  And frankly, approving this project would have undercut that global leadership.  And that\u2019s the biggest risk we face \u2014 not acting.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we\u2019re continuing to lead by example.  Because ultimately, if we\u2019re going to prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we\u2019re going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground rather than burn them and release more dangerous pollution into the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As long as I\u2019m President of the United States, America is going to hold ourselves to the same high standards to which we hold the rest of the world.  And three weeks from now, I look forward to joining my fellow world leaders in Paris, where we\u2019ve got to come together around an ambitious framework to protect the one planet that we\u2019ve got while we still can.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we want to prevent the worst effects of climate change before it\u2019s too late, the time to act is now.  Not later.  Not someday.  Right here, right now.  And I\u2019m optimistic about what we can accomplish together.  I\u2019m optimistic because our own country proves, every day \u2014 one step at a time \u2014 that not only do we have the power to combat this threat, we can do it while creating new jobs, while growing our economy, while saving money, while helping consumers, and most of all, leaving our kids a cleaner, safer planet at the same time.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what our own ingenuity and action can do.  That\u2019s what we can accomplish.  And America is prepared to show the rest of the world the way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statement from President Joe Biden on Decision to Pause Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports<\/a> (January 26, 2024)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In every corner of the country and the world, people are suffering the devastating toll of climate change. Historic hurricanes and floods wiping out homes, businesses, and houses of worship. Wildfires destroying whole neighborhoods and forcing families to leave their communities behind. Record temperatures affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans, especially the most vulnerable.

From Day One, my Administration has set the United States on an unprecedented course to tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad \u2013 securing the largest climate investment in the history of the world, unlocking clean energy breakthroughs that will power a clean economy and create thousands of jobs, advancing environmental justice for all, and rallying world leaders to transition away from the fossil fuels that jeopardize our planet and our people.

But more action is needed.

My Administration is announcing today a temporary pause on pending decisions of Liquefied Natural Gas exports \u2013 with the exception of unanticipated and immediate national security emergencies. During this period, we will take a hard look at the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, America\u2019s energy security, and our environment. This pause on new LNG approvals sees the climate crisis for what it is: the existential threat of our time.

While MAGA Republicans willfully deny the urgency of the climate crisis, condemning the American people to a dangerous future, my Administration will not be complacent. We will not cede to special interests.

We will heed the calls of young people and frontline communities who are using their voices to demand action from those with the power to act. And as America has always done, we will turn crisis into opportunity \u2013 creating clean energy jobs, improving quality of life, and building a more hopeful future for our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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