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However, is the controversial pipeline something that could really come to fruition or just another pipe dream?
Despite the push from Trump and Wright, restarting the venture could be extremely difficult and costly. Then there’s the delicate process of trying to convince people to get excited about a pipeline that has been litigated ad nauseam and turned their worldEntire rural communities, which were promised investments in schools, businesses, and hospitals, have been jerked around by multiple administrations for nearly two decades.
At stake is not only the massive, multibillion-dollar Keystone XL Pipeline but also the country’s relationship with Canada, the fate of thousands of workers, and residents who have been used by their government as political pawns. In June 2021, TC Energy, the Calgary-based sponsor of the Keystone XL Pipeline, said it was calling it quits. TC Energy said it would work with government agencies “to ensure a safe termination of and exit” from the partially built line.
If all had gone as planned, the 1,700-mile pipeline would have carried 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, passing through Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma. “I am apprehensive to let myself get excited about President Trump’s promise,” Cox said. “The pipeline crews would bring much needed business to the area, again. Some businesses have shut down, others sold, and many are holding on by a thread. Is it possible? Yes. Is it probable? I do not know.
“The steel from the Keystone pipeline has found a new purpose — now transporting what gives life to everything: water,” he said.
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