I’ve written letters about the Keystone XL pipeline, demonstrated against it, and signed petitions against it. And now it is no more. On the first full day of the Biden administration, the plug was pulled.
As they say on those TV ads, BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the agency that regulates pipelines, including the proposed PennEast pipeline that would bisect our farm. It has five members; three Republicans and two Democrats. Biden gets to appoint a new member this summer, but in the meantime his administration controls who is the Chair. Today the very pro-pipeline Republican chair was replaced by one of the Democrats who in the past has looked at pipelines with a very critical eye.
Am I happy with the new administration? You better believe it. I just wish Biden would sign his executive orders with a Sharpie and hold them up afterwards for a photo op.
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