{"id":79330,"date":"2021-06-29T02:05:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T02:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=79330"},"modified":"2021-06-29T02:05:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T02:05:24","slug":"biden-administration-backs-oil-sands-pipeline-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/biden-administration-backs-oil-sands-pipeline-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Backs Oil Sands Pipeline Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The administration urged a court to throw out a challenge brought by tribal and environmental groups, backing a pipeline that would carry Canadian oil across Minnesota and Wisconsin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The Biden administration has defended a contentious pipeline project that would carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil through Minnesota\u2019s delicate watersheds, urging in a court brief that a challenge brought by local tribes and environmental groups be thrown out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The closely watched filing in federal court was the latest in a series of actions taken by the administration to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/28\/climate\/biden-fossil-fules-climate-Willow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back Trump-era approvals<\/a>&nbsp;of oil and gas infrastructure, despite President Biden\u2019s pledge to aggressively cut emissions from fossil fuels, a major driver of climate change. 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