After Biden shut it down early in his term, Trump plans to restart the Keystone XL pipeline as soon as he takes office.

From RedState. It was one of Joe Biden’s first moves as president (and a message to the country on how he would rule): shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline, a 1,200-mile Canada-to-Nebraska crude project that would have employed thousands of workers and transported up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day.

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Now President-elect Donald Trump reportedly wants to send his own message and restart the project, and although bringing it back to life would present numerous hurdles, oil workers are reportedly ecstatic over the idea. …

Fired Keystone XL Pipeline worker Bugsy Allen was asked what the feeling among workers now that Trumps opening it back up

OMG, it’s a breath of fresh air, we’re running on cloud nine, the American people are gonna see what energy will do for a country

($1.79) gas is on its way pic.twitter.com/NbXurD0aAM

— @Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸 (@Chicago1Ray) November 24, 2024

The future of the pipeline has gone back and forth between Republican and Democrat administrations, with Obama first refusing to approve it, then Trump coming in 2017 and putting it back on track, then energy-hating Biden nuking it once more. Trump reportedly considers it a first-day goal:

Trump believes declaring the 1,200-mile Canada-to-Nebraska crude project back on the table would drive the pro-oil message he delivered in his campaign, said people involved in the transition team discussions about the idea. Trump also wants to show he can defy President Joe Biden, who reversed Trump’s initial 2017 approval of the project, which was strongly opposed by the climate movement. …

Workers sure want to see it come to fruition. Here’s what pipeline workers who were laid off by Biden’s move said back in the day: …

Politico is reporting that President Trump aims to revive the Keystone XL pipeline.

Here’s what some of the pipeline workers Joe Biden laid off have to say:

“Put us to work right now” and you will see the price of everything go down. pic.twitter.com/vjlR59F5u6

— Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) November 21, 2024

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(Excerpt from RedState. Photo Credit: shannonpatrick17 from Swanton, Nebraska, U.S.A. – Trans Canada Keystone Oil Pipeline, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44776415)