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lawsuit states that Biden does not have the unilateral authority
to change energy policy that the U.S. Congress has set, Paxton
said https://bit.ly/3bUFxc0.
Biden revoked a permit for the pipeline which would transport
830,000 barrels a day of carbon-intensive heavy crude from
Canada's Alberta to Nebraska. It was part of a flurry of
executive orders aimed at curbing climate change.
The head of the U.S. Senate energy committee, Joe Manchin, urged
Biden last month to reverse his opposition to the Keystone XL
pipeline, saying the project provides union jobs and is safer
than transporting the oil via trucks and trains.
Canada's TC Energy Corp is the owner of the oil pipeline
project.
The complaint on Wednesday was filed by Paxton and Montana
Attorney General Austin Knudsen in Texas federal district court.
The suit is joined by attorneys general from Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for
comment late on Wednesday.
"The Executive's unilateral decision to revoke the Keystone XL
permit is contrary to the constitutional structure to which the
states agreed at the time of ratification," the states said in
the lawsuit https://bit.ly/2P4UG1G.
"The Executive's decision also encroaches upon the states'
abilities to steward and control the lands within their
borders."
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; editing by Richard
Pullin)
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