When U.S. President Joe Biden killed a high-profile, controversial oil pipeline project on his first day in office, he set the stage for more complicated and lengthy environmental reviews for all oil and gas infrastructure. President Biden’s decision to scrap the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline was not entirely unexpected, considering the campaign promises and the focus on clean energy and strengthened environmental policies. The killing of Keystone XL and the climate executive orders that followed in President Biden’s first ten days in office are sending a message to the oil and gas industry: energy infrastructure with poor environmental credentials will not fly in this Administration. At risk are not only proposed pipeline projects, but also operating pipelines with steel in the ground, such as the infamous Dakota Access Pipeline, analysts say. Challenges To Pipeline Permitting Increase Last week’s Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis […]