UPDATED 5.50pm: The executive orders are coming thick and fast from the White House.
Donald Trump has just signed more documents - among other things - clearing the way for the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, projects blocked by his predecessor.
"We build the pipelines, we want to build the pipe. It's going to put a lot of steelworkers back to work," Trump said.
Barack Obama stopped the projects on environmental concerns.
The projects also saw large scale protests, in particular from Native American groups who have traditionally lived in areas where the pipeline passed through.
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters say the Dakota project threatens drinking water and Native American sites.
But the President is moving ahead, saying "we will build our own pipes, like we used to in the old days."
President Trump has also signed an order this morning streamlining the permitting process.
"We can't be in an environmental process for 15 years if a bridge is going to be falling down, so we're expediting our environmental reviews and approvals."
Signing orders to move forward with the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines in the Oval Office. pic.twitter.com/OErGmbBvYK
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 24, 2017
The US President said it's about getting steel workers back into jobs, but one New Zealander Kiritapu Allan said that's rubbish.
Ms Allan, a human rights lawyer, said the US President's green light to resume building the Dakota Access pipeline isn't about putting workers back to work.Â
She said the few jobs provided now from the building of the pipeline - will simply take jobs from the future. She said it's not a prosperous way of handling natural resources, and Trump's only doing it for a quick buck.
Ms Allan took part in protests in Novemberand said today is a massive step backwards for environmental and human rights justice.
She said there's demonstrations being organised right now throughout the state by NGOs, lawyers, human rights groups and environmental groups.
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