by Steve Horn, OneZero
Highlights
- TC Energy, a Canadian pipeline corporation that owns the Keystone XL pipeline, has partnered with Amazon Web Services
- The Keystone XL pipeline would carry oil from Alberta to Nebraska but its permit was recently vacated by a federal judge
- This announcement comes after Google declared it would not help create artificial intelligence for oil extraction companies
- Amazon tech employees called on Jeff Bezos to adopt company-wide climate policy which resulted in a climate pledge. However, employee demands for Amazon to cancel its contracts with oil and gas companies went ignored
- After President Barack Obama denied permitting access to the company for the pipeline, TC Energy faced a financial loss and continues to do so as the price of oil drops significantly
- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney recently gave the company a $4.2 billion loan to help Keystone XL
- Amazon’s technology promises to make pipeline flow operations more efficient and profitable
The failure to consider consumption-based emissions such as the delivery of online purchasing ignores a significant portion of the greenhouse gases we emit out of the boundaries of the area being measured.
Read More: https://onezero.medium.com/how-amazon-is-bringing-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-online-440000803ae9
Nina Turner
Energy Programs and Communications CoordinatorJanina is a graduate of the Energy Management and Design program at Sonoma State University with experience in non-profits that specialize in sustainability and volunteerism.
