Blocked by Biden, Canadian company drops Keystone pipeline

Map of the Keystone and Keystone XL oil pipelines in the US and Canada. Canada's TC Energy said on Wednesday it had officially terminated the Keystone XL project.

Activists in April 2021 display banners referring to the shutting down of existing oil pipelines in the northern United States at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington

Blocked by US President Joe Biden, Canada's TC Energy said Wednesday it had officially terminated the Keystone XL Pipeline project, throwing in the towel on a controversial initiative opposed by environmental activists.

While the project has long been backed by Canada, Keystone XL had been opposed by environmentalists and indigenous groups, who have organized rallies against the pipeline in Washington, Ottawa and in the affected areas throughout the last decade.