Montana’s Democrat Senator Jon Tester is not on board with President Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline. The Democrat argued that the project would not make climate change notably worse and could have continued. Senator Tester has previously stated his support for the project and the jobs it created as long as it was constructed with safety measures in place and respected local property rights.

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Fox News reports:

“In the end, I think it’s a good project,” Tester said during an appearance on CNN. “I believe in climate change, but I also think this one pipeline isn’t going to turn it around, isn’t going to turn our climate around and it’s not going to make it a markedly worse situation.”

Former President Donald Trump championed the Keystone oil pipeline, which was designed to carry about 800,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. Critics argued the project presented major environmental risks and would run contrary to international efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

Tester has acknowledged that he supports efforts to combat climate change despite his support for the pipeline.

“I still don’t know why this is the tip of the spear,” Tester said last month during a call with residents of Helena, Montana, according to the Independent Record. “There are hundreds if not thousands of pipelines that run across that border and why this is the one people are fired up about, I don’t know.”

President Biden revoked the Keystone XL permit by executive order his first day in office, effectively destroying 11,000 American jobs with the stroke of a pen. The move garnered immediate reactions from the GOP and construction workers across the country. 

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