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USA: Dakota pipeline protesters march to Trump Tower
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13.11.2016
Hundreds of activists demonstrating against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), marched to the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago on Saturday.
The demonstrators first gathered at the Federal Plaza, where several activists gave speeches, before marching to Trump Tower, joined by protesters from an anti-Trump rally that took place earlier, and a Black Lives Matter protest.
Although the Obama administration halted the construction of the pipeline in September, it is feared that the project will go ahead once Donald Trump becomes president in 2017.
On Friday, Kelcy Warren, the CEO of Energy Transfer Partners - the company funding the project stated that he was -"100 percent sure", that the pipeline will be approved by the Trump administration.
The event is one of many held in the US capital following Trump's win in the election. After Trump's win was announced earlier this week, there have been multiple large demonstrations against the president-elect in several large US cities, including in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Seattle.
Trump declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning, after his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton called him to concede defeat following a bitterly fought election battle. Trump beat Clinton in a surprise landslide victory, garnering 278 of the Electoral College votes, while the Democratic candidate received 218.
The demonstrators first gathered at the Federal Plaza, where several activists gave speeches, before marching to Trump Tower, joined by protesters from an anti-Trump rally that took place earlier, and a Black Lives Matter protest.
Although the Obama administration halted the construction of the pipeline in September, it is feared that the project will go ahead once Donald Trump becomes president in 2017.
On Friday, Kelcy Warren, the CEO of Energy Transfer Partners - the company funding the project stated that he was -"100 percent sure", that the pipeline will be approved by the Trump administration.
The event is one of many held in the US capital following Trump's win in the election. After Trump's win was announced earlier this week, there have been multiple large demonstrations against the president-elect in several large US cities, including in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Seattle.
Trump declared victory in the early hours of Wednesday morning, after his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton called him to concede defeat following a bitterly fought election battle. Trump beat Clinton in a surprise landslide victory, garnering 278 of the Electoral College votes, while the Democratic candidate received 218.
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