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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) wrote President Joe Biden urging him to allow the Keystone XL Pipeline project to continue.
Manchin pointed out several benefits in his letter saying that “pipelines continue to be the safest mode” to transport oil and natural gas resources and “they support thousands of high-paying, American union jobs.”
“I encourage you to reconsider your decision to revoke the cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and take into account the potential impacts of any further action to safety, jobs, and energy security,” he said.
The senator referred to a “recent analysis by the U.S. Transportation Department showing that spills or other incidents occurred about once per 50 million gallons of crude oil shipped by rail and 55 million gallons shipped by truck, compared with once every 720 million gallons shipped by pipeline.
He also added the data from the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety administration showing that pipelines have a 99.999 percent safety record.
Biden issued the executive order to revoke the Keystone permit on Jan. 20.
Several conservative groups, including officials in Canada, commented that the move will cost numerous jobs. Some estimates say that it would affect as many as 60,000 jobs in total, The Epoch Times reported.
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