North Dakota Pipeline Analysis

The North Dakota Pipeline will be placed under Lake Oahe and if the pipeline spills it could harm Standing Rocks water supply.

In the article, “A high-plains showdown over the Dakota Access Pipeline”, Justin Worland addresses the current situation the North Dakota Access Pipeline has brought upon America and its Native American tribes. In particular, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe has a conflict between the Energy Transfer Partners company. Energy Transfer Partners wants to build an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Reservation. The Sioux tribe is against the project because the oil pipeline will destroy their historical ground and their water source of Lake Oahe.

The Dakota Pipeline is a $3.7 billion project. The pipeline will carry 470,000 barrels of oil from fields of western Dakota to Illinois, where it will then be connected with other pipelines. Sen. Bernie Sanders says “the Dakota Access fracked oil pipeline will transport some of the dirtiest fuel on the planet”. Sen. Sanders is trying

Unfortunately the risk of Native American land being contaminated and their loss of control of their reservation has resumed. The Trump Administration and other executives have signed actions to resume the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Native americans have resumed the protesting of the pipeline and sadly there water sources are still at risk at being contaminated. Native american leaders are planning to resist these actions passed by the trump administration, specifically the one authorizing the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This project has been delayed since December and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers renounced the permit to lay the final piece of pipeline under Lake Oahe, which is the sacred water source to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The pipeline is very close to being completed and now the issue is that if the pipe is not fully finished it can break and really contaminate water sources. Kaufman and Miller state that, “The fossil fuel industry is a dead and dying economy. Green energy is the new great America. Trump and his Cabinet are trying to build an infrastructure for pipelines so our country will remain dependent on fossil fuels.” People are continuously attempting to prevent further environmental hazards from pipelines that leak into major rivers and endanger the drinking water of communities. Overall, the pipeline is going to be built and the fights against clean water, the fights against big oil and climate change, and the fight for land control in the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is still

If it is built it could create climate change which affects the environment very harshly. Also, there could be a possible risk of a leak in the pipeline making it even more detrimental on the environment. If it is built then it could help the economy and help prices go decrease on products. But on the other hand, the path of the pipeline is making Native Americans give up their sacred land and possibly their water supply if a leaks happens. The pipeline has many different perspectives toward it and how it should be handled; because of this, the pipeline that Obama’s administration has paused the construction of the pipeline. But, Trump is determined to keep it going once he is in office, which is coming to the attention to more protesters. Many of the protesters of the pipeline come from many different backgrounds, social location and religion, but they all think the pipeline will be hazardous. This current event is very controversial, in which there is no side that is right or

I agree with a quote from Senator Barbara Boxer which says, “People say that the Keystone pipeline is a no-brainer. I’m sorry; I guess my brain works differently.” While the pipeline would create more jobs, it would come at the price of clean water from the aquifer. As far as I am concerned, clean water for at least 8 different states is more important to me than a few extra jobs here and there. Even if the jobs would create an economy boom, the pipeline would still harm the United States. If the pipeline spilled into the Ogallala aquifer, it would cripple the agricultural portion of the economy, which would put the United States in a worse situation than if the pipeline wouldn’t have been built in the first place. Another quote I stand behind comes from Doctor James Hansen who says, “We’re screwing our children, grandchildren, all future generations if we think we can use those unconventional fossil fuels.” These quotes show that obviously there is concern about whether or not the pipeline would be a safe investment for both the United States and the environment as a whole. Because of these reasons, I am against both the expansion and the entirety of the Keystone XL

There has been a great amount of pushback from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, a Native American group in North Dakota, against the instillation of an oil pipeline by Dakota Access. According to tribal leaders, the installation of this pipeline will damage the tribe’s water supply, and will disrupt areas that have great cultural significance to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The land is regarded as sacred to the tribe members, and the construction will tarnish the land. At this moment, there is no final decision regarding the completion of the pipeline (Cite).

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.

Oil is a significant essential in this society because it runs automobiles such as cars, buses, truck etc. Without oil, transportation, business and economic trade wouldn’t be possible. “The Dakota Access Pipeline Project is a $3.78 billion conduit being built from the oil-rich Bakken fields in North Dakota. .transport up to 570,000 barrels a day of crude to refineries and markets in the Gulf and on the East Coast” (Ablow). The Dakota Access Pipeline is funded by Energy Transfer Partners. They believe that will have a huge impact on the economic state of the United States because it will “bring an estimated $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local governments as well as add 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs”(Park). With over 10,000 of jobs and $150 million dollars that would bring into this country, The Dakota Access Pipeline is a project that is beneficial to the local and national economy of the country. “In addition, the Dakota Access Pipeline will improve overall safety to the public and environment. It will reduce crude oil shipped by truck and by rail and increase the amount shipped by pipeline” (Energy Transfers). Minimizing the trucks in delivering oil will help to prevent global warming and climate change. After the pipeline was approved by the government, The members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe protested near the construction of The Dakota Access Pipeline. The tribe members are deeply against the project because it would damage their

Environmental welfare has become one of our most important priorities since the widely-spread awareness of climate change. Recently, there has been a controversial subject arousing from the midwest that is allegedly threatening our environment - the construction of Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). This $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile pipeline project will be crossing four states from North Dakota through Illinois to supply crude oil coming from the oil-rich Bakken area (Yan). DAPL will supposedly create new jobs like construction and maintenance, lower gas prices as we do not have to rely exporting oil from overseas, and boost energy production in our country as we continue to consume more energy resources. However, induced with negative feelings from

The Treaty of Fort Laramie of April 29, 1868 described the boundaries of the reservation which is the east bank of the Missouri river to the Nebraska line. The Native Americans that are apart of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe have been protesting the pipeline being built for nearly two years. The uproar from the protesters started in July when the engineers asked for a permit to build the pipeline to cross under the missouri river at Lake Oahe. The native americans have began protesting for a number of reasons. The first is that the tribe get their water from the Missouri River and any oil spills could put their drinking water at risk. The start of the construction has begun digging up the Sioux sacred burial sites. I feel the pipeline should not cross under because it would be going against the Treaty of Fort Laramie and because that is the native americans sacred

The pipeline could contaminate the drinking water for thousands of Native Americans (NBC). If a spill were to occur it would be a major financial blow: Cleaning up the spill, providing drinking water to thousands of people, and settling lawsuits could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Despite the reassurance by Energy Transfer about the safety and reliability of the pipeline, our actual knowledge about how the pipeline will actually operate once it begins working is limited; as there are only calculations and predictions for now. All pipes will eventually leak, and the Dakota Access Pipeline is no exception...An oil leak into the Missouri River would be a catastrophe: costing Energy Transfer hundreds of millions of dollars on cleanup and lawsuit settlements, and it would ravage the local economy. Additionally, the chances of other pipelines getting approved could be

An old Sioux prophecy once stated that a black snake will cross the great Sioux land. The black snake would come at a great time of uncertainty and destroy the world as we know it. It also states the only way to stop this black snake is for the youth to come together and stop it. Many protestors, commonly referred as water protectors, believe this black snake has arrived in the form of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In the beginning of the year 2016 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published a draft of it plan to approve the Dakota Access Pipeline route under the Missouri River. This has sparked controversy between the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and the company building the pipeline, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners. This has led to many Native American gathering in protest against the pipeline.

For every spill of oil or gas, it damages that ecosystem sometimes beyond repair or it takes it many many years to recover from it. That being said the North Dakota Pipeline is going to be one of the safest most technologically advanced pipelines in the world. Another controversy is that the Native Americans are claiming that the pipeline runs through some of their sacred lands and can possibly contaminate their water supply. The North Dakota Pipeline can be a very successful oil transporter but there also seems to be some drawbacks like it possibly running through sacred land, contaminating water, and the possibility of leaking or exploding and causing a major disaster for the people and animals that live

The Dakota Access Pipeline can be very beneficial for Americans. The pipeline will supply up to 12,000 jobs during construction which will be very helpful for the economy and bring in money for the state of North Dakota and the other states involved. Not only is it brining