Shannon Van Hoesen, shannon.vanhoesen@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC - A report from Politico today indicates that President-elect Trump would attempt to resurrect the long-dead Keystone XL pipeline project, despite the decade-plus-long fight against the pipeline that brought together a broad range of opponents, including Tribes, landowners, and environmental and public health advocates.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous released the following statement:
“Clearly Trump has very little attachment to reality and is only concerned with attempting to reverse his own failures and riling up his fossil fuel-obsessed funders. There is no appetite to revive Keystone XL, even from the company that initially proposed the project. It’s hard to believe this even needs to be said in the year 2024, but KXL has no future or place in our energy system.”
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