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JT45242

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16. The great myth of the XL pipeline -- jobs when it is finished

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 18, 2021, 04:13 PM

Mar 2021

Long term there will be about 50 permanent jobs at a couple of refineries including one in the plains states. So Texas is suing over a potential 30 jobs. Seems like all the money spent on this could have created more jobs by fixing bridges or more importantly in Texas, regulating and upgrading their electrical power grid.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Biden administration demanding reinstatement of Keystone XL Pipeline permit [View all] DonViejo Mar 2021 OP

If that's the case, Trump lacked authority to approve it? bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #1

Texas probably has most to lose JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #2

The great myth of the XL pipeline -- jobs when it is finished JT45242 Mar 2021 #16

Can that guy go to jail already? soothsayer Mar 2021 #3

Someone paid off a lot of oil producing states to get them to permit the special crap that ... marble falls Mar 2021 #4

Why would we want oil going down to Texas?? TheRealNorth Mar 2021 #5

Great point... oil refinery isnt safe in texas Fullduplexxx Mar 2021 #6

Gop should be getting billed for a abuse of the courts Fullduplexxx Mar 2021 #7

Ken Paxton isn't happy unless he's filing a lawsuit every week. Lonestarblue Mar 2021 #8

So true. SharonClark Mar 2021 #11

You nailed it, LSB flying_wahini Mar 2021 #12

Yep! Deflect ad infinitum of Texas' failures is so, so many areas, most recently the power failures. machoneman Mar 2021 #13

Remembering all the tRump Federal judges the repukes rushed threw, applying their own Senate rules yaesu Mar 2021 #9

Our trifecta of evil are batshit mean and lawsuit crazy. ananda Mar 2021 #10

What happens Dakota Flint Mar 2021 #14

He runs for Congress Mr.Bill Mar 2021 #15

Stuff a sock in it, Paxton Yeehah Mar 2021 #17

I understand that it was a "Presidential Permit" in the first place quaker bill Mar 2021 #18

Does Texas even have standing to file a suit against this? jmowreader Mar 2021 #19