Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen was among 14 attorneys general from across the country to call on President Joe Biden to reconsider his decision to revoke the Keystone XL Pipeline’s presidential permit.
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Biden’s Keystone XL pipeline cancellation slammed by GOP attorneys general
More than a dozen Republican states’ attorneys general blasted President Biden’s Keystone XL pipeline opposition in a joint letter Tuesday, urged him to reconsider the move and warned that they were “reviewing” legal options they might take against the administration.
“We write with alarm regarding your unilateral and rushed decision to revoke the 2019 Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline,” the letter, organized by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and co-signed by the AGs of 13 other states. “Your decision will result in devastating damage to many of our states and local communities. Even those states outside the path of the Keystone XL pipeline – indeed all Americans – will suffer serious, detrimental consequences.”
“The real-world costs are devastating,” the AGs wrote, adding that canceling pipeline construction will cost thousands of “well-paying jobs,” including union positions, and take additional financial tolls on local governments and businesses that were setting up to work alongside the pipeline.
14 State AGs Claim Biden’s Keystone Pipeline Decision ‘Will Result in Devastating Damage’
A group of 14 state attorneys general sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday urging him to reconsider his revocation of the Keystone XL pipeline permit, saying the president’s decision will harm thousands of American workers as well as the country at large.
“Your decision will result in devastating damage to many of our states and local communities. Even those states outside the path of the Keystone XL pipeline—indeed all Americans—will suffer serious, detrimental consequences,” the attorneys general wrote in the letter.
Knudsen leads AGs in Keystone pipeline pleas
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen on Tuesday submitted a letter co-signed by 13 other attorneys general calling on President Joe Biden to reinstate the permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
The letter included a warning that the Republican officials are reviewing their legal options if Biden, a Democrat, doesn’t reconsider revoking the permit.
The letter sent Tuesday argued moving away from the pipeline’s construction could displace thousands of workers and increase reliance on foreign energy.
“Your decision will result in devastating damage to many of our states and local communities,” Knudsen wrote in the letter, which bears his office’s letterhead.
Six AG’s Threaten Suit Over Biden’s Flurry of Immigration Orders
Six state attorneys general in red-leaning states have threatened legal action if President Joe Biden goes too far in implementing radical policies, including the repeal of immigration laws.
The six — from Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Montana, Texas and West Virginia — all signed a letter addressed to Biden expressing concern over the stack of executive orders he’s signed in less than a week and a half in office, per Breitbart.
In the Wednesday letter, the attorneys general said Biden’s work thus far “appears to indicate” his administration “may be following the unfortunate path of executive unilateralism.”
They warned they’ll take action if “cabinet officials, executive officers, and agencies” act beyond their authority. Their concerns included an “extreme ‘Green New Deal’ agenda,” overreaching to make changes in the healthcare system, and “spending sprees without congressional authorizations.”
Montana attorney general orders dismissal of case against Rocking R Bar; Gallatin County attorney fires back
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen ordered Thursday that the Gallatin County attorney dismiss a lawsuit against Rocking R Bar for violating a 10 p.m. closing time ordered by the county health board to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
But County Attorney Marty Lambert fired back, rejecting the order and saying that Knudsen didn’t haven’t any say in the matter because the state isn’t a party in the case.
Knudsen directed Lambert to dismiss the case against the bar, according to a news release on Thursday. He said the 10 p.m. closing time “defies commonsense” and is “devastating to Montana workers and small businesses.”
