واشنگٹن (پاکستان نیوز)آئل پائپ لائن کے حوالے سے کراس بارڈر پرمٹ منسوخ کرنے پر 21 ریاستوں نے بائیڈن کیخلاف ہرجانے کا مقدمہ دائر کر دیا ہے ، تمام ریاستوں نے عدالتی کارروائی کے لیے ری پبلیکنز کے اٹارنی جنرلز کی خدمات حاصل کی ہیں جوکہ اپنے دور حکومت میں ان پرمٹس کے حوالے سے کافی متحرک ثابت ہوئے تھے ، اہم بات یہ ہے کہ کنٹکی اور کنساس ریاستوں کے گورنرز کا تعلق ڈیموکریٹس سے ہے لیکن وہ اس معاملے پر اپنی حکومت کو فری ہینڈ دینے کے لیے تیار نہیں ہے ، آئل پائپ لائن کراس بارڈر پرمٹس سے ریاستیں لاکھوں ڈالرز کا ریونیو حاصل کر رہی تھیں ، اس اقدام سے ان کو بھاری معاوضے سے ہاتھ دھونا پڑ سکتا ہے ۔
The Republican attorneys general also argued that the decision was arbitrary and capricious.
Some of the states represented in the lawsuit have Democratic governors, such as Kentucky and Kansas, though all of them have Republican attorneys general.
“Cabinet Defendants’ actions…have the possibility of depriving States and local governments of millions of dollars in revenues. Yet, far from providing a reasoned explanation for why they are taking their actions, they have not provided any reason at all,” the suit states.
Republicans have long complained about Biden’s move on his first day in office to revoke the permit for the U.S.-Canada pipeline, while environmentalists cheered him on.
In a statement on the lawsuit, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) called Biden’s cancellation of the permit “an empty virtue signal to his wealthy coastal elite donors.”
“The power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce belongs to Congress – not the President. This is another example of Joe Biden overstepping his constitutional role to the detriment of Montanans,” he added.
In his executive order revoking the permit, Biden argued that the pipeline “disserves” the U.S. national interest and that “leaving the Keystone XL pipeline permit in place would not be consistent with my Administration’s economic and climate imperatives.”
The proposed 1,200-mile-pipeline would have carried oil from Canada to the U.S.
Its opponents argue that the country shouldn’t be importing oil that’s produced from carbon-intensive tar sands. Tribes have also expressed opposition, saying the Trump administration ignored their their treaty rights when approving the pipeline.
Supporters, however, say the project would have brought jobs and revenue.
