{"id":518840,"date":"2021-05-17T18:05:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T22:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=518840"},"modified":"2021-05-17T18:05:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T22:05:25","slug":"19-states-urge-biden-to-reinstate-keystone-after-colonial-pipeline-hack-caused-mass-gas-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-states-urge-biden-to-reinstate-keystone-after-colonial-pipeline-hack-caused-mass-gas-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"19 States Urge Biden To Reinstate Keystone After Colonial Pipeline Hack Caused Mass Gas Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F19-states-urge-biden-to-reinstate-keystone-after-colonial-pipeline-hack-caused-mass-gas-shortages%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=518840&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><ul>\n<li><strong>A 19-state coalition urged President Joe Biden to reinstate the Keystone XL Pipeline and reverse his energy policies because of the recent gas shortages.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cA temporary shutdown of one pipeline\u2019s full-capacity operations shouldn\u2019t bring half the country to the brink,\u201d the states wrote to Biden on Monday. \u201cWe need more safe and clean energy sources. And that includes the Keystone XL Pipeline.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cYour impulse to bow to an extreme climate agenda untethered to scientific fact or reality\u2014exhibited by the Keystone XL cancellation and other similar actions\u2014affirmatively deprives Americans of the safe and clean energy supply they need now\u201d the letter said.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A 19-state coalition urged President Joe Biden to reinstate the Keystone XL Pipeline and reverse his energy policies because of the recent gas shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Gas shortages along the east coast caused by a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline prove the need for reliable gas pipelines in the U.S., the 19-state coalition led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/MTAG\/2021\/05\/17\/file_attachments\/1810552\/Keystone%20LTR%20-%20Colonial%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a> to Biden on Monday. The U.S. needs better energy infrastructure if the shutdown of one pipeline leads to such extreme spikes in prices and lines at gas stations, the state attorneys general said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA temporary shutdown of one pipeline\u2019s full-capacity operations shouldn\u2019t bring half the country to the brink,\u201d the coalition of states wrote to Biden. \u201cWe need more safe and clean energy sources. And that includes the Keystone XL Pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/executive-order-protecting-public-health-and-environment-and-restoring-science-to-tackle-climate-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revoked<\/a> the Keystone XL Pipeline\u2019s federal permit hours after he was sworn into office on Jan. 20. The White House explained that the U.S. would focus on developing a \u201cclean energy economy\u201d instead of installing gas pipelines. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/10\/republican-attorneys-general-joe-biden-administration-keystone-climate-change-taxation-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Republican Attorneys General Plan To Create Legal Roadblocks For Biden Agenda)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But, the letter noted that the Biden administration took multiple emergency steps last week to secure the supply chain and alleviate gas shortages in response to the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack. For example, the administration allowed tankers to transport overweight loads of gasoline on the interstate in ten states and waived environmental regulations preventing a sufficient amount of gas to be taken to certain areas, according to a White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/05\/12\/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If Biden was willing to take steps to save the Colonial Pipeline, he shouldn\u2019t also nix the Keystone Pipeline, the attorneys general argued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7193683\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7193683\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7193683 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-466894118-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Irrigation pipes are seen in the path of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline on Oct. 11, 2014 in Polk, Nebraska. (Andrew Burton\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-466894118-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-466894118-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-466894118-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-466894118-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-466894118-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-466894118-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7193683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Irrigation pipes are seen in the path of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline on Oct. 11, 2014 in Polk, Nebraska. (Andrew Burton\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMost Americans\u2014particularly those not located along the coasts\u2014now wish you had been so diligent and responsive before you determined that Keystone XL could be sacrificed on the altar of left-wing virtue signaling,\u201d they wrote to Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe one day, down the road, we will obtain the Utopian energy profile you desire,\u201d the letter said. \u201cBut in the meantime, Americans want practical, effective leadership\u2014not visionary deprivations.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/17\/states-lawsuit-joe-biden-administration-keystone-xl-pipeline-union-jobs-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden Overstepped Constitutional Authority When He Revoked Keystone Pipeline Permit, Multiple States Allege In Lawsuit)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama\u2019s administration, which Biden was a member of, had also determined on multiple occasions that the Keystone Pipeline was a net positive for the economy, the environment and energy security, Knudsen and the other attorneys general said.<\/p>\n<p>The Colonial Pipeline <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/colonial-pipeline-back-in-business-ransomware-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resumed operations<\/a> Wednesday after the cyberattack, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/colonial-pipeline-hacker-group-shut-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conducted<\/a> by a foreign hacking group, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/colonial-pipeline-paid-hackers-cyberattack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">causing<\/a> its operations to come to a halt for multiple days.<\/p>\n<p>The average price of gas nationwide is $3.05 per gallon as of Monday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAA<\/a>. The average price in 2020 during the same period was $1.87 per gallon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7193682\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"35\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7193682\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7193682 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-141705200-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Former President Barack Obama speaks at the southern site of the Keystone XL Pipeline on March 22, 2012 in Cushing, Oklahoma. (Tom Pennington\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-141705200-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-141705200-178x120.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-141705200-620x418-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-141705200-768x518-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-141705200-1536x1035-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-141705200-2048x1380-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7193682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former President Barack Obama speaks at the southern site of the Keystone XL Pipeline on March 22, 2012 in Cushing, Oklahoma. (Tom Pennington\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In March, Knudsen and 20 other state attorneys general <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/17\/states-lawsuit-joe-biden-administration-keystone-xl-pipeline-union-jobs-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sued<\/a> the Biden administration over the revocation of the Keystone Pipeline, alleging that it was unconstitutional. States have filed <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/24\/louisiana-jeff-landry-thirteen-states-lawsuit-energy-oil-gas-leasing-president-joe-biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several<\/a> other <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/08\/republican-attorneys-general-states-lawsuit-climate-change-joe-biden-pete-buttigieg\/\">lawsuits<\/a> against Biden over his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.state.la.us\/Article\/10888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">energy policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, we believe your Keystone XL decision was unconstitutional and unlawful, and many of the undersigned states are currently pressing those claims in federal court,\u201d the letter stated. \u201cBut beyond the basic lawlessness of your decision, the current predicament shows what a poor policy decision it was.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/24\/louisiana-jeff-landry-thirteen-states-lawsuit-energy-oil-gas-leasing-president-joe-biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: 13 States Sue Biden Administration Over Federal Oil And Gas Leasing Ban)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour impulse to bow to an extreme climate agenda untethered to scientific fact or reality\u2014exhibited by the Keystone XL cancellation and other similar actions\u2014affirmatively deprives Americans of the safe and clean energy supply they need now,\u201d according to the letter.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming joined Montana in signing the letter Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 19-state coalition urged President Joe Biden to reinstate the Keystone XL Pipeline and reverse his energy policies because of the recent gas shortages. \u201cA temporary shutdown of one pipeline\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278362,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-466894118-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"19 States Urge Biden To Reinstate Keystone After Colonial Pipeline Hack Caused Mass Gas Shortages","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-466894118-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"19 States Urge Biden To Reinstate Keystone After Colonial Pipeline Hack Caused Mass Gas Shortages","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}