Fossil fuels are fuel sources that, despite being terrible for the environment, are the most used source of electricity and transport in America, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Recently, the Spokane City Council voted to add an ordinance to the November ballot. This ordinance would tax trains transporting coal and oil through the city, but two weeks after this vote, the Council President said that they were not going to include it on the ballot. There appear to be numerous reasons for why the council changed their minds, but the most prominent reason appears to also be the most powerful, money. On the twenty-fifth of July, the Spokane City Council unanimously voted to add an ordinance that would tax to trains transporting coal and oil through the city. Their goal was to protect the Spokane Aquifer and the Spokane River from pollution and reduce safety risks to first responders at derailments. However, two weeks later, the council was considering the withdrawal of the tax. Ben Stuckart, the president, met with two railroad companies to work out safer ways to transport the dangerous fuels, and he said that his concerns were being heard for the first …show more content…
Walters explains that protecting rivers in general isn’t a local issue, however, protecting the Spokane Aquifer is (para. 18). Therefore, despite depending on this weak exception to federal law, the ordinance could be passed, as the Spokane Aquifer supplies the entire city with drinkable water, and if it was polluted, an entire city would be without potable water. Additionally, uncovered coal trains often drop coal into people’s yard, also known as private property, thus local governments can regulate uncovered coal trains because they intrude on private property, but the local government would still have trouble with the ordinance because it applies to oil trains as
The land owners and others in the Nebraska and other states feel differently on the position of eminent domain for the building of pipelines. I would have to agree that decisions and positions of the past should not be used to blindly decide on the future. Within the court cases by private land owners, their attorney David Domina stated “The legislature is not empowered to delegate power to a private company at the expense of its residents.” The eminent domain suits in Nebraska is about the separation of powers for the state legislature gave the Governor of the state the right to take private land and then give it to TransCanada. On February 9, 2014 Judge Stephanie Stacy invalidated the portion of the eminent domain law that had stream lined the methods for obtaining eminent domain condemnation. The ruling stated that the law divested the state’s public utilities commission of their authority in determining the route of the pipeline. It should be
David Morris, a writer specializing in transportation and logistics, gives various examples of past instances in which oil being carried by train has proved harmful to the environment and even fatal to many people involved in the accident. There are also numerous statistical pieces of research included, supporting the concept that railway transport is less safe than using an underground pipeline for the oil. In the Fortune article “Pipelines: The Worst Way to Move Oil, Except For All the Rest”, Morris Presents a short review of the recent events in relation to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) before suggesting another factor that could pose a threat to the area. The dangers of transporting the oil via railway are addressed, giving another perspective on how the situation could be made far worse for the Industries supporting the project and the environmentalists protesting against its
It does not matter what mode of transportation gets used, there will always be some level of risk when transporting crude oil. In this case the construction company is attempting to choose the most effective way to move the oil, but they are not listening to everyone’s concerns about the environmental impact. In order to invalidate the tribe’s concerns O’Sullivan wrote that “the Corps district office has already determined the project would not cause significant environmental harm.” It is hard to believe that if there was an oil spill that began a half mile away from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s land that the damage done to their water supply would be insignificant. The original route for the pipeline crossed the Missouri River near Bismarck.
The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is a pipeline that will carry crude oil from Stanley, North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois crossing under the Mississippi river and Lake Oahe. Who has been disputing against whom, why, and other information about the building of the pipeline and the location of it have been on the news recently. This paper will examine the legality of building the pipeline, it crossing under major water sources, and taking into account tribal opinion/public opinion when constructing something that could harm their land/resources.
The state of North Dakota wants to construct an “1,172-mile Dakota Access oil pipeline , which would run within a half-mile of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and cross beneath the Missouri River.” One side of this is that it should be constructed and it will be good for the state and it will benefit them. The other side is that it shouldn't be built because it will effect are drinking water and the construction will be desping humans that are around their. Also they believe that animals around the area will be affected and it will disturb them and have a huge impact on them. People have been protesting this construction for several day and they even stayed out there during a harsh blizzard to still protest against the construction of the access oil
Originally the DAPL was supposed to cross the Missouri River near Bismarck, but it was moved over concerns that any oil spilling would have destroyed the state capital’s drinking water. Consequently, the pipeline was shifted to a crossing approximately 805 meters from the reservation. The Standing Rock Sioux argue that the government did not consult with them enough and that the new crossing includes destruction of sacred spots and old indigenous burial grounds (Sidder, 2016). Moreover, an oil spill into Missouri River would be the death sentence to Standing Rock as it is their only drinking water supply. But the real controversy behind the DAPL is about larger philosophical and ideological issues. It is a pattern of deep injustice from the
The Dakota Access Pipeline was planned to carry around 570,000 barrels of crude oil per day to Illinois from the Dakotas. The first major issue within this case was that the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the pipeline without consulting the native tribe’s land in which the pipeline would run through. This tribe is called the Standing Rock Sioux, and are quickly gaining support from environmentalists, and other native American tribes. The tribe was not consulted before the approval to start building this pipeline, and it is to their belief that the pipeline will containment water. The water is considered to be the Sioux tribe’s life source and this is why they cannot allow the pipeline to be built as it will ruin the entire tribe. The groups
With an increasing global population and ever industrializing society 's, environmental concern is rarely given priority over economic incentive. But what people fail to realize is that our environmental failures, and relative apathy about it set up a plethora of problems for future generations to deal with. One of the most important decisions president Obama will face in the next year will be whether or not to approve the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, a massively sized, and massively controversial oil pipeline that would stretch all the way from Alberta Canada, to American oil refineries along the Gulf Of Mexico. Despite the economic incentive present, the building of the Keystone XL pipeline should not happen because of the
To make a good article, you are supposed to have a good claim, evidence, and reasoning. You have to make a stronger article that is better than all the others. Out of these two articles, The Benefits of Shale Gas” and “Stop the Fracking!”, “Stop the Fracking” presents the stronger argument because of their evidence, claim, and reasoning.
One of the most controversial topics of this year is the Dakota pipeline protest, creating conflict between the Sioux tribe and the oil industry. The pipeline is to “be built by Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners and is designed to transport as many as 570,000 barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota to Illinois.” as stated by Time magazine, Justin Worland. The pipeline would bridge oil wells in the state’s Bakken Shale, where the development has opened billions of gallons of new oil to recovery, to other valuable consumer markets. However , the issue with this project is that the pipeline would travel underneath the Missouri River, in which is the primary drinking water source for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe . For this reason the Sioux tribe and other environmental activists are upset and for good reason ; no one has the right to step into their territory because it isn’t our land. By the Treaty of Fort Laramie, by the unnecessary harsh act law enforce underwent, and for the fact that they rejected the
Hillary Clinton, American politician, former First Lady of the United States, previous junior U.S. Senator of New York, and past U.S. Secretary of State, once said, “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are humans rights.” Even if women understood this concept in ancient times, they were unable to do anything because men were superior to them. Athens, a large city-state and the capital of Greece, is home to many underprivileged women. They were unable to leave the house under almost any circumstance, and were forced to do housework and run errands until the husband arrived home. However, some poorer women could leave the house to get water, or work in factories or farms.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative disease of the brain found in those with a history of recurring brain trauma (McKee et al. 2009). CTE is separate from other neurodegenerative diseases (Corsellis et al. 1973; McKee et al. 2009). CTE is not to be confused with post concussive syndrome. Brain trauma can come from falling off of a bike; being in a car accident, or participating in contact sports. The main point is that any situation that may involve major contact to the head can cause brain trauma. Dementia, declined motor skills, and memory impairment are some of the well-known effects of CTE. This paper will take a glance at
Abstract – The world can’t be imagined without IC Engines ,as their applications are wider in various fields. And mainly used input for this engines are fossil fuels. But the challenge in this is decreasing rate of resources. The fossil fuels may not be available after some years if they used in the same way .Not only the fossil but also the electric power is the non renewable energy, This paper concentrates to run the engine without fossil fuels or electricity.
In this paper, we focus on using fossil fuels causing climate change. Fossil fuels are fuels formed natural resources such as coal, petroleum and natural gas, which are the most widely used fuel and industrial chemicals in the world. Since industrial revolution, fossil fuels bring a very great quantity convenience and technological products. So we can use cars, planes and all modern products. But fossil fuels cause climate change at the same time. Greenhouse gas, nitrous oxides and a great deal of harmful gas which are from fossil fuels are causing serious environmental problems. Therefore we need to be concerned about the problems caused by fossil fuels and the solutions.
Finding energy sources is an issue that polarizes scientists, politicians and citizens alike. The most critical points of this debate are at fossil fuels and renewable energy. Energy efficiency is arguably the most dire concern facing the planet, because it significantly impacts all areas of everyday life. Common ground can be found in this controversy because both parties do agree that humans have a responsibility to future generations. That responsibility is to preserve the resources of the Earth, while offering this generation energy that is affordable and accessible.