Exclusive: Power the Future, a group representing the interests of US energy workers, has released a video denouncing the Biden administration for its decision two years ago to end the Keystone XL pipeline.
A video first obtained by Fox News Digital pointed out that the cancellation of the pipeline, which President Biden ordered in an executive order on his first day in office in January 2021, has led to the loss of thousands of jobs. He also highlighted comments made by the President’s Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry after the cancellation. fossil fuel jobs They will be replaced by clean energy jobs.
“Every time the President of the United States speaks out on climate change, he has voiced the need for growth. New jobs will be cleaner and better paying,” Kelly told reporters on Jan. 27, 2021. told the group.
“For example, look at the black lung results of miners and measure them in comparison. Before COVID, the fastest growing job in the U.S. was photovoltaic technicians,” he said. He continued, “The same people can do those jobs, but the choice to do solar now is a better choice.
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Presidential Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a news conference at the White House on January 27, 2021.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)
“Unfortunately, workers are misrepresented. Isn’t that surprising?” Kelly said. “Over the past few years, they have been given the idea that dealing with climate change will take their toll. It’s happening because it’s happening.”
However, Power the Future included in its video various media reports showing that green energy jobs in the solar and wind industries are declining and disappearing. The group also interviewed energy workers who, as Kelly suggested, broke the idea that they could easily switch from one industry or specialty to another.
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“It’s really easy to say, ‘Hey, I can find another job.’ But they have to consider the fact of what it took us to get here.” said one worker in a video.
Another worker said it was “un-American” for Biden to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline with a “stroke of a pen.”
President Joe Biden will sign the first executive order at the White House on January 20, 2021, including revoking federal authorization for the Keystone XL pipeline.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, files)
TC Energy, the operator of the Keystone XL pipeline, eventually abandoned the project in June 2021 after Biden decided to revoke the federal permit. And last year, federal judges filed legal challenges from about 20 states asking courts to reinstate pipeline permits.
According to TC Energy, the pipeline was completed earlier this year and was expected to transport an additional 830,000 barrels of crude oil from Canada to the United States through its existing pipeline network. Thousands of jobs were also projected to be created, many of which were union jobs.
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The Department of Energy released a congressional-mandated report in December that said the project would create 16,149 to 59,468 construction jobs that would last approximately two years and have a positive economic impact of $3.4 billion to $9.6 billion. , which would have resulted in The project labor contract alone, signed in August 2020, promised that the pipeline would create jobs for 42,000 Americans and provide him $2 billion in gross wages.
The photo in this file shows a depot used to store pipe for the Keystone XL Pipeline in Gascoyne, North Dakota.
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In a statement shared with Fox News, Daniel Turner, founder and executive director of Power the Future, said, “From canceling Keystone to attempting to cancel Gas Stove, Joe Biden failed. We pushed the agenda and didn’t stop from day one.” Digital. “It is a pitiful coincidence that this anniversary has come and John Kerry is again lecturing our families in Europe.”
“Joe Biden’s actions cost tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars, and every family in America still pays more every day.
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Kelly attended the World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland this week. This is a summit where international government and business leaders come together to discuss topics such as climate change. He was criticized on Tuesday after commenting during an event at the summit that efforts to save the planet from climate change were “almost extraterrestrial” given its scope.
We’ve reached out to the White House for comment, but have yet to hear back.
