The Controversy Of The Dakota Access Pipeline

To me, it just seems as though the pipeline will only give the government more power. The fact that the government will be able to possess private property needed for the pipeline without the owner's consent, (The Government Quietly Just Approved This Enormous Oil Pipeline, 2016), doesn't seem right. I'm also very concerned about the affect it will have on the native people. I don't think it's a good idea to put the water supply of the Native American Sioux Tribe in danger. It's not right to put their lives on hold just because this pipeline is being built. Considering the fact that the Dakota Access DAPL may have exaggerated the amount of jobs that the pipeline will create, (The Government Quietly Just Approved This Enormous Oil Pipeline, 2016), I don't think the Dakota Access pipeline is worth

Pollution is already a huge ongoing battle in the United States and if constructed the pipeline would send about 800,000 barrels of hazardous oil a day along with tons of greenhouse gases. The US Department of Environmental Protection estimates the greenhouse gas emissions from the Canadian oil will be more than 80% greater than oil refined in the US. That is roughly equivalent to the same amount of emissions released by 5.7 million passenger vehicles. Unfortunately, when emissions are passed into the air, the air cannot be cleaned, and since oxygen is a vital component in keeping humans alive, adding an oil pipeline that would put that much emissions into the air is far too dangerous for the public’s health what it’s

The extraction of the bitumen rich tar sands usually entails heating the oil while in the ground so that it may be pumped up to the surface which can be dangerous and cause harm to the surrounding area. The refining of the oil can be even more dangerous to the environment because the tar sands requires a special process of refining that would create copious amounts of greenhouse gases. Many opposing the pipeline also believe that the pipeline would not be as safe as supporters say it would be. Looking at the Keystone 1 Pipeline, the “previous pipeline was said to be safe but leaked much more than anyone anticipated. ‘In its first year, the pipeline leaked 14 times, with the largest spill exceeding 21,000 gallons’” (Swift). TransCanada claimed that the first pipeline would be safe and that it would not leak for many years, yet the pipe still leaked and caused major damage to the surrounding area. This left those affected, as well as other concerned Americans, to wonder why they should trust the company with building another pipeline and why the company’s promises should be trusted again. Environmentalists and those against the Keystone XL Pipeline “also object

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

The pipeline would make it possible to transport oil from North Dakota to markets and refineries in a quicker and more affordable way. It is supposed to lessen our foreign independence on oil and create thousands of jobs. That being so, what is the problem? More than anything, it has become an ethical issue. Native Americans have had their lands stolen and rights denied for centuries. The Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation relies on the

Me and my classmates have been debating on the Dakota access pipeline. I myself think that I should either be rerouted or not be built, here are my reasons. All the dakota access pipeline is doing is taking up sacred land of the Natives,how would you feel if

What do you think about the Dakota Access Pipeline? The Dakota Access Pipeline (D.A.P.L) is for crude oil, but it crosses a body of water. If the pipeline were to break it could have catastrophic consequences to the water source it crosses. The pipeline should be built because although it has disadvantages, it also has many advantages that could help the U.S. have cleaner air.

The Dakota Access Pipeline a controversy for many not just in North Dakota but around the U.S Should the construction continue, or due to extreme circumstances should it be halted immediately. This paper will go over all of the key facts about the Dakota Access Pipeline. How the pipeline is

The second con of assembling the Keystone Pipeline would consist of the human health concerns that arise during and after construction. For example, a leak or spill could occur along the pipeline causing the spill to gradually seep into surrounding sources of drinking water. A main point of concern would be the Ogallala Aquifer located in Nebraska. The Ogallala Aquifer supplies water to nearly two million people, and if this reliable source of drinking water happened to be contaminated by a leak or spill as a result from the Keystone Pipeline, the consequences could be devastating (Palliser, 2). A second example of a human health issue would involve extracting the resources that are vital to the process of constructing the Keystone Pipeline. An imperative resource for the Keystone Pipeline is that tar-sand that is found just north of Hardisty, Alberta in Canada. Extraction of tar-sand is an

If the pipeline is constructed, it would damage the historical past of the Sioux Tribe. The Sioux Tribe came from Asia about 30,000 years ago. They had to go through a lot to keep their land and to stay where they are. According to CREDO action they stated that “The tribe, other landowners, and farmers have been fighting to stop the pipeline from being built for more than two years”. The Sioux Tribe is one of the largest Native tribes to exist. On their tribal grounds, they held burials,

These emissions are equivalent to 29.5 typical U.S. coal plants or the average emissions of 21.4 million U.S. passenger vehicles”( Lorne Stockman “Dakota Access Pipeline Would Lock in Emissions of 30 Coal Plants”). Lorne Stockman explains the science behind the pipelines. The amount of CO2e let out of the pipelines equals to about 30 coal plants and 21.4 million cars.This can put a huge impact on global warming. According to Bernie Sanders “We are already seeing the consequences of global climate change, including rising sea levels, drought, wildfires and extreme weather. We should be transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels and toward sustainable sources of energy. This pipeline, if completed, will do the exact opposite. It will lock us into burning more and more fossil fuels for generations to come”Bernie Sanders sent this in his letter to Barack Obama when he was in office. He explains rather than pushing us forward in the fight against global warming the pipeline would push us back.According to Ecowatch “Ethane also contributes

The controversy surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline Project is becoming increasingly harder to ignore, as Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Susan Sarandon, and Shailene Woodley have even shown their support for protest. Similar to the denied Keystone XL oil pipeline, this massive creation would only be seven miles shorter. The on-again off-again construction of the pipeline is due to an overwhelming amount of pros and cons, making it hard to determine what the final outcome will be.

In Steven Mufson’s Washington Post article, “Showdown over N. Dakota Pipeline Provides Lesson in Power and Perils of Protest,” he writes that if the steel pipeline were to leak, it would leak into the Missouri River, which is the Sioux’s main drinking source. He also writes about how there have been evidence of serious leaks in recent years in other rivers such as Montana's Yellowstone River, Michigan's Kalamazoo River and man-made ponds in northern Alabama. Such an example was recently seen in Ash Coulee Creek in Belfield, North Dakota where only 150 miles from where they are protesting the pipeline, there was a massive oil leak, according to the article from UWIRE, “Nearly 200,000 Gallons of Oil Leaks 150 Miles from Standing Rock Protesters - Golden Gate

Native Americans are being disrespected, harmed, and their homeland is being taken from them. Am I talking about events taken place centuries ago? No, because these unfortunate circumstances yet again are occurring right here, now, in the present. This horrid affair has a name: The Dakota Access Pipeline. This Pipeline

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