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Contradictory decisions at home and legal battles abroad bring the future of fossil fuels into question

Contradictory decisions at home and legal battles abroad bring the future of fossil fuels into question

President Biden took office in January of this year, one of his stated priorities was addressing climate change and the impacts of this are already becoming apparent. The day Biden took office, he canceled the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline’s purpose was to transport crude oil from Western Canada to Nebraska. It was proposed in 2008 and vetoed by the Obama administration in November 2015. This was believed to be the end of the pipeline; however, immediately after taking office in 2016, Donald Trump signed an executive order to continue the pipeline.