#Keystone Pipeling

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Biden’s First Day

 Authored by Ken Santos on Friday, January 22nd, 2020 at 6:00 PM EST         

      At this point in our country we have begun the beginning of the Biden presidency. As we dabble into the current changes that have taken place at this time we are given a clear indicator on what direction our country is beginning to trend. For some, this was planned for some time and now for others reality that the establishment will come for them as well is slowly beginning to be highlighted and the real agenda is beginning to play out. Causing Americans to slowly begin to understand some of those easily demonized opinions are now appearing to be the truth.

              The beginning of the Biden Administration has been filled with rapid change. Starting off Biden has rejoined the Paris accords and in doing so becoming a part of We originally departed from the accords due to the lack in what it delivered in relation to combating climate change and the financial burden it places on the United States in relation to the lower burden given to the most serve contributors to the problem. We need to negotiate a new climate agreement that focuses on the issue and doesn’t give the government an excuse to tax the issues away.

               Additionally the new Administration made the decision that puts us back into the W.H.O (World Health Organization) despite the fact we left the organization due to the misinformation they were spreading and the financial burden being held mainly by the American people for an organization that should be equally supported by the entire world. To enable an organization that lies and does not at least tell the truth about a potential pandemic to continue to have a say in the matters that govern the American people is irrational at best. Even the W.H.O. itself has acknowledged the precautions werill advised and the consequences will be worse than the disease itself.. The damage that has been done because of their overwhelming negligence should not be rewarded with compliance.

On day one the new President chose to cancel the Key Stone Pipeline and the border wall construction. Both projects had been approved and money already allotted and in turn may result in breaches of contract. Canada sure seems to believe this is the case as they have filed a lawsuit stating as much on the behalf of the Canadian workers. Either Way the loss of both these projects has caused a loss of jobs and income in an already financially trying time. With this trend coming out the gate, the American people may be subject to hardships as we continue to alienate ourselves and our allies.

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The pipeline has a minimum ground cover of 4 feet (1.2 m). portion of the Keystone Pipeline included 1,744 kilometres (1,084 mi) of new, 30-inch-diameter (760 mm) pipeline in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. It also included approximately 373 kilometres (232 mi) of new 30-inch-diameter (760 mm) pipeline, 16 pump stations and the Keystone Hardisty Terminal. In Canada, the first phase of Keystone involved the conversion of approximately 864 kilometres (537 mi) of existing 36-inch (910 mm) natural gas pipeline in Saskatchewan and Manitoba to crude oil pipeline service. Operating since 2010, the original Keystone Pipeline System is a 3,461-kilometre (2,151 mi) pipeline delivering Canadian crude oil to U.S. Cushing is a major crude oil marketing/refining and pipeline hub. The Keystone XL pipeline segments were intended to allow American crude oil to enter the XL pipelines at Baker, Montana, on their way to the storage and distribution facilities at Cushing, Oklahoma. The Keystone XL Pipeline Project (Phase IV) revised proposal in 2012 consists of a new 36-inch (910 mm) pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta, through Montana and South Dakota to Steele City, Nebraska, to "transport of up to 830,000 barrels per day (132,000 m 3/d) of crude oil from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alberta, Canada, and from the Williston Basin (Bakken) region in Montana and North Dakota, primarily to refineries in the Gulf Coast area". Phase III was opened on January 22, 2014, completing the pipeline path from Hardisty, Alberta to Nederland, Texas. Construction of Phase III, from Cushing, Oklahoma, to Nederland, Texas, in the Gulf Coast area, began in August 2012 as an independent economic utility. A fourth, proposed pipeline expansion segment Phase IV, Keystone XL, failed to receive necessary permits from the United States federal government in 2015. The Keystone Pipeline system consists of the operational Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III, the Gulf Coast Pipeline Project. 7.1 The Sandhills region and Ogallala Aquifer.On June 9, 2021, TC Energy abandoned plans for the Keystone XL Pipeline. On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to revoke the permit that was granted to TC Energy Corporation for the Keystone XL Pipeline (Phase 4). On January 24, 2017, President Donald Trump took action intended to permit the pipeline's completion. In 2015 KXL was temporarily delayed by President Barack Obama. The pipeline became well known when Phase IV KXL attracted opposition from environmentalists, becoming a symbol of the battle over climate change and fossil fuels. It would have run through Baker, Montana, where American-produced light crude oil from the Williston Basin ( Bakken formation) of Montana and North Dakota would have been added to the Keystone's throughput of synthetic crude oil (syncrude) and diluted bitumen ( dilbit) from the oil sands of Canada. The proposed Phase IV, Keystone XL (sometimes abbreviated KXL, with XL standing for "export limited" ) Pipeline, would have connected the Phase I-pipeline terminals in Hardisty, Alberta, and Steele City, Nebraska, by a shorter route and a larger-diameter pipe. By comparison, production of petroleum in the United States averaged 9.4 million barrels (1.5 million cubic meters) per day in first-half 2015, with gross exports of 500,000 barrels (79,000 m 3) per day through July 2015. Phase III has capacity to deliver up to 700,000 barrels (110,000 m 3) per day to the Texas refineries. In 2013, the first two phases had the capacity to deliver up to 590,000 barrels (94,000 m 3) per day of oil into the Midwest refineries. TransCanada Keystone Pipeline GP Ltd, abbreviated here as Keystone, operates four phases of the project. It runs from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alberta to refineries in Illinois and Texas, and also to oil tank farms and an oil pipeline distribution center in Cushing, Oklahoma. The Keystone Pipeline System is an oil pipeline system in Canada and the United States, commissioned in 2010 and owned by TC Energy and as of 31 March 2020 the Government of Alberta.

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Focus Lost

 Authored by Ken Santos on Thursday, January 28th, 2020 at 7:00 PM EST         

     While we progress into the never ending struggle to be one country, there is one question that sits at the top of everyone’s mind in regards to the never ending cycle of impeachments. We can't but ask if the waste of American dollars on this circus is justified or are they just pushing the never ending hate the Democratic Party seems to keep delivering. The feeling of Americans seems to be frustration as we keep funding such a waste of a constitutional process, despite Biden himself saying it was not going to go anywhere. 

Knowing the current President's opinion, one cannot help but look on in confusion as he implies that it needs to happen seems despite his personal opinion that it is a useless and futile effort. With no real consideration of the lack of focus on the continuing pandemic, Americans have spoken and as a result Biden’s approval rating has already dipped below fifty percent. The lack of focus on funding a much needed relief package that must be put into the American pockets does not help matters.

This trend of blunders continues with the lack of vaccines being available for people who desire to take them. A blunder due to an inability to maintain storage standards which causes an overwhelming amount of vaccines to go bad. Instead of focusing on Biden and his Administration’s plan and process to rectify this,  all the focus is being pushed to the impeachment that has no bearing on reality or the future seeing as Trump is already out of office. The only reason to continue this negligent waste of resources is to ensure Donald Trump can never run for office again. This is nothing more than the establishment politicians wielding government power to silence their opposition and instead of getting solutions to our issues we are given a display of fascism.

Now looking back to reflect on their current focus of time and funding we the dropping of their originally granted additional stimulus check of $2000 down to $1400 with no real time frame for distribution. Biden also has yet to dismiss the National Guard from the capital despite their presence violating the Posse Comitatus and Act. Though his biggest walk back was on his campaign to do better in regards to the COVID virus that has now become no different than Trump’s due to the fact there isn’t anything more we can do to change the pandemic’s trajectory over the coming months. After the election, it is beginning to be clear to all Americans the promises they made when entering office have all been thrown out the window and their true agenda is starting to emerge delivering the clarity on what their intentions truly are.

As we all watch reality unfold like an episode of the Twilight Zone we see these people acting and becoming that which they claimed Trump to be all this time.  This means we really need to  look closely at the scene unfolding before us as it begins to fade away and reveal the fascism it was masking. Evidence by a strong number of the Democratic ran areas now pushing to open up knowing the only way to recover from the never ending deficit created due to the negligent handling of the situation. Only time will tell how these areas will now develop and grow moving forward. One thing is for certain, the worst is yet to come.