@Regrann from @freedom_faction - (Credit: @TheAntiMedia) #PresidentDonaldTrump on Tuesday signed executive orders advancing the controversial #KeystoneXL (#KXL) and Dakota Access (#DAPL) pipelines, prompting cries of outrage and vows of resistance from the Indigenous activists, climate campaigners, and countless others who have voiced opposition to these projects. The Associated Press confirmed the orders had been signed after earlier reports citing anonymous officials indicated they were in the works. Many environmental groups who fiercely fought against both projects were quick to condemn the move, declaring, as 350.org did, “We have no alternative but to resist.” 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben issued a statement declaring the moment “a dark day for reason.” “More people sent comments against Dakota Access and Keystone XL to the government than any project in history. The world’s climate scientists and its Nobel laureates explained over and over why it was unwise and immoral,” McKibben said. “In one of his first actions as president, #DonaldTrump ignores all that in his eagerness to serve the oil industry. It’s a dark day for reason, but we will continue the fight.” “Trump clearly doesn’t know what he’s doing,” agreed 350.org executive director May Boeve. “Indigenous peoples, landowners, and climate activists did everything in our power to stop Keystone XL and Dakota Access, and we’ll do it again. These orders will only reignite the widespread grassroots opposition to these pipelines and other dirty energy projects. Trump is about to meet the fossil fuel resistance head on.” “This is not a done deal,” McKibben added. “People will mobilize again.” CREDO Action deputy political director Josh Nelson also noted that “fierce grassroots activism has stopped these pipelines over and over again,” while David Turnbull, campaigns director at Oil Change International declared the pipelines “will never be completed.” ✋🏾More in comments👇🏾#NoDAPL #OpNoDAPL #IStandWithStandingRock #MniWiconi #WaterIsLife - #regrann
