Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org
Alberta, Canada -- It was reported last week that TransCanada, the Canadian company behind the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, is pushing the Alberta government to buy capacity in the proposed pipeline as the company continues to struggle to line up interested buyers for the project.
As Nebraska regulators prepare to issue a decision on the company’s permit to build across the state, it is clearer than ever that this project is not needed. The deal the company is seeking from the Alberta government is the same one they had for the Energy East pipeline, which TransCanada gave up on last month due to widespread opposition and lack of demand.
Keystone XL was rejected by President Obama two years ago today because it was deemed not to be in the public’s interest. One of Donald Trump’s first acts in office was an executive order attempting to revive the project.
“It’s clear that the math is just not adding up for Keystone XL, and TransCanada is getting desperate,” said Lena Moffitt, Senior Director of the Sierra Club's Our Wild America Campaign. “For seven years, the American people have fought back and kept this dangerous pipeline from being built. Now the world has moved beyond tar sands, the dirtiest fuel on the planet. Regardless of Donald Trump or TransCanada’s attempts to revive this project, it’s time to recognize that there is no market demand for more tar sands and Keystone XL will never be built.”
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