TC Energy Corporation, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline project, is seeking to recover more than $15 billion in damages from the United States, claiming the US government breached its free-trade obligations when it revoked the permit for the project.
TC Energy announced in a Friday press release that it had filed a notice of intent with the State Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser to “initiate a legacy North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) claim under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.”
President Joe Biden, on his first day in office in January, revoked a key permit for the pipeline, and last month, the Canadian-based company announced it was scrapping the project altogether, according to The Hill.
The permit in question was approved by former President Donald Trump during his first months in office. The project – a 1,200-mile pipeline – would have carried oil from Canada to the U.S.
CNN News notes that the news that TC Energy was suing the US government came right before a leaky gas pipeline burst in the Gulf of Mexico, causing a fire in the body of water.
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