“The U.S. is “now importing 800,000 barrels of oil from Russia,” but that could have been prevented if the Keystone XL pipeline hadn’t been cancelled.”
Social media posts
social media posts. Claim dated 16 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. is importing a large amount of Russian oil today, the cancelled Keystone XL pipeline would not have prevented this.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 August 2021, 7 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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