Probably will see impeachment used as a political tool after the midterms.
Energy prices will go up and whoever’s in office will be blamed for that one. They can’t blame Trump for ending the pipeline. Meanwhile China is firing up 4 coal plants a week should all balance out in the end
Congress passed a bill in 2016 approving construction of the Keystone XL project, with the Senate voting 62-36, and the House voting 270-152, meaning there was bipartisan support in both houses. President Obama vetoed the bill, and the Senate was unable to override the veto by 2/3 vote.
Canceling the project will result in thousands of lost jobs on both sides of the border and a nearly $8 billion investment in infrastructure. It develops redundant capacity in moving oil to refinery locations and improves the quality of pipeline construction and environmental safeguards by using the latest and best technology. It creates a huge source of revenue for Canada from the sale of this oil and further solidifies the status of the US as being energy independent and a net petroleum exporter.
Can’t have that, can we?
But, look at the bright side for China:
Canceling the project is likely to lead to one very significant negative national security problem — the very real likelihood that Canada will bring in a Chinese partner to build a pipeline and shipping terminal on the Pacific Coastline in British Columbia, and then move the oil by tanker to refinery facilities in Asia.