Senators urge Trump to not use Indian-steel for Keystone pipeline

The new Dakota Access oil pipeline is a $3.7 billion project which is capable of transporting up to 570,000 barrels of crude oil a day.

However, the Sioux Indians claim that the pipeline will desecrate their sacred ancestral burial ground, traverse over archaeological sites and contaminate their water source.

Environmental activists are also opposed to it as it will increase fossil fuel emissions.

President Donald Trump has signed executive orders allowing the construction of Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines.

The orders were sharply criticized by climate change activists and Native Americans.

Both projects had been blocked by Trump's predecessor Barack Obama.

The White House said Trump's orders would create "tens of thousands of new jobs" and that both projects would be renegotiated.

A US court denied the request to halt the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline.

The Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes argued that the project would contaminate their drinking water and asked for a temporary injunction against construction.

They will now file a lawsuit.

The court said there was time to hear the lawsuit before the pipeline begins operations.

The Keystone XL oil pipeline has been exempted from US President Donald Trump's January directive to use only American-made steel in new lines.

The administration said the exemption was granted "since this one is already currently under construction." Welspun India and Welspun US will manufacture 10% and 50% of the pipeline respectively.

Trump's America-First policy calls to buy American and hire American.

US President Donald Trump has approved the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

TransCanada will construct the pipeline that will transport Canadian oil sands to US refineries. Trump had signed an Executive order in January calling for the project to be completed without any further delays.

TransCanada Chief Executive Russell Girling was present at the White House when Trump made the announcement.

A group of Senators have urged US President Donald trump to prevent TransCanada from using Indian or Italian steel for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.

In a letter to Trump, they said India and Italy had "a history of dumping steel products in the US market at unfair, illegal prices."

They said by not doing so Trump's decision would effectively cost US jobs.