Thousands of people marched in LA to protest US President Donald Trump’s executive orders restarting the construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.
On the March through #DTLA against exec order to expedite construction of #DAPL #KeystoneXL oil pipelines. @KNX1070 pic.twitter.com/LI72Olqgj1
— Margaret Carrero (@KNXmargaret) 5 февраля 2017 г.
The demonstration was organized in the wake of the orders that advance the projects in a move the Indigenous Environmental Network dismissed as “insane and extreme.”
Trump said he wants to move forward on the projects, which aim to connect the tar sands in Alberta, Canada with oil refineries on the Gulf Coast.
The pipeline projects have become a key battleground for those opposed to the use of fossil fuels, as well as for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. The tribe says the pipeline is being constructed on sacred Native American land and will pass through Lake Oahe, their primary source of drinking water.