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The Pros And Cons Of The Keystone Pipeline

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It’s important for the United States to produce and export oil because if we don’t, the Middle East and Russia will capitalize on the product and they will become stronger and richer countries. One of the ways that the United States can be an economically strong country is to reopen the Keystone pipeline and also allow states to have the power to generate their own oil.
The opposition believes that pipelines have posed a huge risk to wildlife and the surrounding environment. The Key Stone pipeline has too many hurdles to go through; therefore, wildlife activists are against this project. President Joe Biden’s pipeline halt angered Canada because Canadians are not getting oil (“Pipelines’’).
The world needs more Canadian oil. There are people …show more content…

President Biden believed the pipeline to be a threat to the climate and environment. Originally when the channel was being built, it was mapped out to go through the Sand Hills region of Nebraska, which wasn’t a good idea, since that area has low groundwater. The low groundwater could have led to damaging the drinking water. The Keystone pipeline had a great possibility of transporting 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada. This amount of oil coming into the United States from Canada would have made a positive impact for the United States. It is not in the best interest of the United States to purchase our oil from across seas, because transporting oil via freight ships, railways and trucks can be detrimental to oceans and the earth, like the accident that occurred in 2015 when 14 tanker cars derailed in West Virginia (News Tribune, February 16, …show more content…

President Trump didn’t want America to depend on countries like Russia or our enemies in the Middle East for importing oil. It only makes sense to not import from countries that aren’t our allies and in the process make them richer and stronger countries. President Trump’s Executive Order enabled America to produce more oil, natural gas, and shale energy. “President Trump gave the power back to the states in producing more energy, which led to the creation of more jobs.” In 2018, the United States exported more oil than we imported, for the first time in 70 years, per investors.com (“Trump Just Achieved What Every President since Nixon had Promised”). Energy Independence article (editorials). In order to be a strong nation, America needs to lead in the production of our own energy and make our country economically stable by exporting oil to other

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