PRESIDENT PIPES UP

Donald Trump ignores pleas from activists and Native Americans as he orders work restarted on Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines

Donald Trump goes ahead with two oil pipelines despite pleas from activists and celebrities

James Beal

Published: 0:44, 25 Jan 2017
Updated: 14:38, 14 Aug 2017

DONALD Trump ignored pleas from activists and celebrity campaigners by advancing construction on two oil pipelines.

Despite protests the president has agreed to the construction of two oil pipelines — Despite protests the president has agreed to the construction of two oil pipelinesCredit: Getty Images

The US President yesterday signed executive orders to restart work on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects.

Activists say that the pipeline has already and will continue to disturb various ancestral sites — Activists say that the pipeline has already and will continue to disturb various ancestral sitesCredit: Getty Images

The Native American Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters — including Leonardo DiCaprio — say the Dakota scheme under Lake Oahe will threaten their drinking water.

Leonardo DiCaprio has been a prominent supporter of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe — Leonardo DiCaprio has been a prominent supporter of the Standing Rock Sioux tribeCredit: Alamy

Barack Obama halted the Keystone pipe from Canada to Nebraska in 2015 amid fears it would undercut efforts to clinch a global climate change deal.

There has previously been fears that the Keystone pipe would undercut efforts to clinch a global climate change deal — There has previously been fears that the Keystone pipe would undercut efforts to clinch a global climate change dealCredit: Getty Images

But Mr Trump restarted work on the condition that materials used are made in America.

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He also again claimed yesterday he would have won the popular vote in the US election “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally”, without offering any evidence for the widely debunked claim.

Trump has ignored criticism from activists and celebs that the pipelines will affect the area's water supply — Trump has ignored criticism from activists and celebs that the pipelines will affect the area's water supplyCredit: Getty Images

Meanwhile, Mr Obama and wife Michelle have flown out to Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island in the Caribbean.

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