Energy Committee Chief Asks Biden To Reconsider Ban On Keystone XL

The new Chair of the Senate Energy Committee, Sen. Joe Manchin, has asked President Biden to reconsider revoking the license for the Keystone XL oil pipeline in the latest episode of a saga that has been dragging on for years. The Democratic senator from West Virginia and long-time supporter of the coal industry said in a letter to the President that pipelines “continue to be the safest mode to transport our oil and natural gas resources, and they support thousands of high-paying, American union jobs,″ as quoted by the Associated Press.…