Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr argues President Biden's move to cancel the Keystone XL oil pipeline project was a 'political reward for those that supported the Biden-Harris administration.'
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Ainsley fourteen attorneys General
Ainsley fourteen attorneys general
calling on Fiewn President Biden,
reverse his decision to cancel
the Keystone XL pipeline.
Writing. We write with alarm
regarding your decision. The
real world costs are
devastating.
They say they may take legal
action now.
Georgias attorney General Chris
Carr signed the letter and he
joins us now,
whats your biggest concern for
your state, and can you take
legal action
well im concerned, because
this was a political reward for
those that supported the
Biden, Slash Harris Administration and
its political symbolism, thats
going to have real world impact
in the form of higher fuel costs,
for families and for businesses
in Georgia and around the
country,
its going to disrupt industries
like ago a culture which is our
number one industry in Georgia
and manufacturing and consumer
products, but the biggest impact
its going of have is to have is
jobs that were going to be
created by this particular
project:
ten thousand construction jobs, forty two thousand
direct and indirect jobs as a
result of this
thats families that are going
to be devastated by the decision
to pull this permit.
Ainsley I found out this
morning that all these
celebrities, dozens of
celebrities, including Cher and
Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix,
have written a letter to the
president to ask them to shut
down the Dakota pipeline.
When you hear the stories of all
a these people that are out of
work, cant pay for their
daughters, school hotels are
shut down, losing money on gym
member ships because the workers
are leaving. Why would the
celebrities say this?
I dont know
this is real world impact.
This is not just politics
when you start seeing families
that are impacted by this, but
also Ainsley. This isnt,
an issue where we in the United
States have done a great job of
becoming more energy
independent
and if this pipeline gets shut
down instead of dealing with
one of our great allies and
trading partners in Canada
were going to be relying more
on crude from Russia and from
Venezuela and from the Middle
EAST.
So I dont understand it
because this is going to impact
folks here at home, real
families, real jobs,
it doesnt, make any sense.
Ainsley prices at the pump are
going to go up too. Even if
youre, not in one of the states,
thats affected by it or you
dont work on a pipeline
before the pipeline was shut
down before it was halted, the
construction was halted,
it was expected to bring eleven thousand
employments would have included
eight thousand plus union workers.
One point: six billion is expected in gross
wages,
a lot of money being lost, a lot
of people affected, and the Biden
administration says. Investments
in infrastructure will create
millions of good union jobs here
in America.
Would a better solution have
been to if he wants to shut
down the pipeline first come up
with these alternatives and
then put those people to work
there
or just not shut down the
pipeline.
I mean those are real jobs
today.
What theyre talking about is
theoretical jobs that they
havent produced. They have no
plan for
so again, this was a safe,
reliable project that was going
of to employ people. Now
again, this is political
symbolism that has dramatic real
world impact and it isnt right.
Ainsley attorney General Carr.
Transcript generated on 2021-03-09.