To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1014572 ) 5/5/2017 3:11:04 PM From: Wharf Rat Read Replies (1) | Respond to Big Oil gets huge subsidies from taxpayers, but rejects using U.S.-made steel $38 billion over 10 years , from American taxpayers to support job creation and domestic production. But don’t go asking the industry to buy domestic steel in return, because, hey, unnecessary government interference in their business would kill jobs.an executive memorandum requiring the Commerce Department to “develop a plan” for all new, retrofit, or expanded pipelines to be made with U.S. steel.Trump said.totally opposed to any government requirement that they build their pipelines out of domestic steel.warning that , “Domestic sourcing requirements could undermine the ability to achieve the positive economic impacts, including job growth, associated with pipeline manufacturing and construction.”wrote to the Department of Commerce that forcing the company to build pipelines from American steel would “severely delay project schedules, drive up costs, decrease availability, and lower quality.”Dallas Morning News ETP, which received approval from the Trump administration for the Dakota Access pipeline in February, said that while the president’s idea was “well-intended,” it is, sadly, “unworkable and not in the best interests of pipeline safety and integrity.” Ironically, this statement comes from a company that spilled over 2 million gallons of drilling fluids into Ohio wetlands just last month.reported in March , it’s almost impossible to design a legal version of such a policy?—?which also happens to be opposed by Congress. The Trump administration itself immediately put a huge loophole in the order, exempting the Keystone XL pipeline.thinkprogress.org
