U.S. chamber applauds Trump actions regarding pipelines

President Donald Trump has put the advancement of American energy at the top of his priority list when  he signed orders to pave the way to begin work on major pipelines in America, a posting on the United States Chamber of Commerce website said.

Trump “took steps to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, marking the start of an era with fewer constraints on the oil industry to the chagrin of environmentalists who have bitterly fought the projects,” the posting said.

“It’s great seeing a president who treats North American energy abundance as a benefit to producing jobs and growth,” Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, said in the posting,

Trump made clear while campaigning that he was very serious about the future of American energy and the growth and progression of our country.

“The (recent) moves, among Trump’s first actions since taking office, are a major departure from the Obama administration, which rejected TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone proposal in 2015 and has kept Dakota Access blocked since September,” the article said.

“Today’s Executive Orders on the Dakota Access pipeline and Keystone XL pipeline demonstrate that we finally have an administration that is serious about putting American energy to work for the entire economy,” Harbert said in the posting.