One year after President Joe Biden cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline, the U.S. is sourcing Russian oil amid the conflict in Ukraine..One of Biden’s first actions in office was to rescind a cross-border permit for the Canada-U.S. pipeline, effectively canceling the Keystone XL ..The 2,000 kilometre-long pipeline would have delivered crude oil from Western Canada to refineries in the U.S. Gulf Coast at a capacity of 830,000 barrels per day. The U.S. currently sources that same amount from Russia every day..As tensions mount in the Ukraine, the premier criticized the human rights record of Alberta’s competitors, including Vladimir Putin “who is invading sovereign nations and executes political opponents.”.The premier said Biden’s move to cancel the Canadian supply was a “bizarre security and energy policy” that “finances Putin’s aggression.”.His energy war room echoed some of the same..In an emailed statement, the UCP told the Western Standard it condemns Vladimir Putin’s “outrageous full-scale invasion of Ukraine” and called out the U.S. for continuing to import oil from places like Russia when “those barrels could have come from Alberta and Canada.”.“Keystone XL would have provided Americans with a stable source of energy from a responsible, trusted ally that adheres to the highest standards in the world, with an industry committed to achieving net-zero production.”.Alberta’s energy war room also reports Canada allow imports of Russia.. UCP boycotts Russian liquor as feds sanction banking, not oil importsThis image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Fig-3-CEC-PR50-Fact-Sheet-16-WT-1200x0-c-default.jpg .Down south, Republicans, including Congressmen Dan Crenshaw and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, tweeted support for a North American solution, with Noem calling for the line’s restart..Alberta will try to recoup $1.3 billion in taxpayer dollars sunk into the cancelled Keystone XL project by filing a legacy North American Free Trade Agreement claim. The UCP started the formal proceedings by filing a notice of intent with the U.S. Department of State on Feb. 9..Amber Gosselin is a Western Standard reporter..agosselin@westernstandardonline.com
