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Trump calls court block on Keystone oil pipeline 'a disgrace'

Indigenous and climate protesters have long been opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline. [Photo: Reuters]

US President Donald Trump on Friday denounced a ruling by a federal judge to halt construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, saying the decision had been made for political reasons.

US District Judge Brian Morris argued that the Trump administration had failed to explain why it had lifted a ban on the project in a stinging setback to the president but a big win for conservationists and indigenous groups.

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