Joseph R. Biden Jr. · 2021-2025 term
Revoke the Keystone XL pipeline permit
Biden revoked the Keystone XL permit on day one, effectively ending the project.
Latest reviewed action recorded: Jan 20, 2021
Record Note
Research import batch 1. Built from White House and tracker coverage. Source references remain in database/promise_tracker_import_batch_1.json because sources.policy_id is still required.
Original Promise
Biden promised to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline.
Action Timeline
Actions document what the federal government did. Outcomes below describe what changed, and each source list shows where the public record comes from.
Jan 20, 2021
Biden revokes Keystone XL permit
Biden rescinded the presidential permit for Keystone XL on his first day in office.
Outcomes
Outcomes are the part of the record that can contribute to public scoring. They stay visible here with impact direction and linked sources so readers can verify what shaped the record.
Administrative Outcome
The Keystone XL project was stopped after the permit revocation.
Measured or documented impact: The pipeline project lost the federal permit required to proceed.
Black community impact: The promise is not specifically Black-community-targeted, but environmental and land-use policy can carry distributional effects.
Evidence strength: Strong
Linked sources: 0
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