Trump signs order to move Keystone, Dakota pipelines forward
The move rolls back key Obama administration environmental policies, while it has emerged the Dakota Access pipeline company’s CE donated $100,000 to Donald Trump’s campaign
Washington — US President Donald Trump signed two orders on Tuesday to move forward with construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, rolling back key Obama administration environmental policies in favour of expanding energy infrastructure. Trump campaigned on promises to increase domestic energy industry production and before taking office indicated he supported completion of the Dakota pipeline and revival of the Keystone XL project. But a restart of the projects would mark a defeat for Native American tribes affected by the $3.8bn Dakota Access pipeline. Protesters had rallied for months against plans to route the $3.8bn pipeline beneath a lake near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, saying it threatened water resources and sacred Native American sites. Environmental activists broadly opposed the Keystone XL pipeline and campaigned against it for more than seven years. The US Army Corps of Engineers in January said it would begin an environmental assessment that...
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