President Biden’s Pipeline Paradox

That action on climate change would be the top priority for the Biden administration became obvious on the campaign trail. That other priorities of an even more political nature might occasionally trump it was not so obvious then. It is only now that some of these realities are beginning to emerge, with seemingly inconsistent action on projects such as Gazprom's Nord Stream 2 and TC Energy's Keystone XL. When earlier this year the Biden administration lifted some sanctions on German entities involved in the Nord Stream 2 project, it caused shocked…