Keystone pipeline is finally dead. Good riddance.
itself — and a warning to the fossil fuel industry that it would face ongoing resistance attempting to extract reserves that threaten the planet.
The Keystone XL fight united a diverse coalition of activists, including those fighting to alert the planet to the threat of climate change as well as Great Plains farmers, ranchers, and Native tribes who were concerned about how the potential leaks and spills from the pipeline could endanger region’s water supply.
There was a time when the pipeline’s construction appeared a foregone conclusion. Keystone XL was initially given a green light by the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton’s state department. Pressure from activists eventually convinced that Democratic administration to reverse course and abandon its backing of the project. By 2015, Obama wouldThe Trump administration, ever eager to promote oil interests, reversed course and attempted to put the pipeline back on track.
The greater impact of the Keystone XL fight has been the Keystone-ization of other infrastructure fights, including the battle over the Dakota Access pipeline and the current battle over Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline. At every step where oil companies are putting private profits over the longterm health of the planet, activists are showing up, putting their bodies on the line, and insisting that untapped oil reserves need to stay in the ground.
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