March 2021, Vol. 248, No. 3
Global News
Global News March 2021
Unions Supported Biden, but Push for Pipelines Environmentalists and labor unions that supported President Joseph Biden now find themselves on opposite sides of a battle over the construction of big pipeline projects between Canada and the United States. The Biden administration plans to transition the U.S. economy toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, which means less oil and gas. The reaction from Biden’s supporters, however, illustrates the challenge of managing the impact of the energy transition on different communities. While climate activists celebrated the president’s decision to stop the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada into the U.S. Midwest, la
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