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Keystone XL cancellation highlights climate challenges

The executive order signed by US President Joe Biden this week, to revoke the permit allowing the Keystone XL pipeline to cross the US border, means the project is as good as dead. This does not alter our forecasts for the next few years, but it highlights the growing risks to the natural resources sector from efforts to combat climate change both at home and abroad.

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