Built to Spill

THE MYSTERIOUS Dog It was a dark winter night. It was freezing cold and a girl named April was inside playing with her dog Spots. Spots is a really friendly dog. And he loves to play. April also has a brother and his name is Frank. And the both of them also have a dad and a mom. The mom’s name is June. And the dad’s name is Jake. That night it was a school night so Frank and April need to shower at 8:30 p.m. and go to sleep at 9:30 p.m. April is 10 and Frank is 9. When they

Keystone pipeline is a proposed crude oil pipeline that would be built from Hardisty, Alberta all way through Steele, Nebraska. It would stretch for 1,179 miles and it would transport up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day. The project was proposed by Trans-Canada to the United States government in 2005 and since then, it has been a controversial subject between the two neighbouring countries. The company argues that the pipeline would support more than 42,000 direct and indirect jobs while reducing

Duke Energy: 3 Coal Ash Spill In 2014, employees from the largest electric company in the United States, Duke Energy, started noticing the spilling of coal ash into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina. This location is said to have had its coal fired power production units terminated in the spring 2012 (Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation, 2014). The history behind the ash basin at the Dan River begins in 1948 when Duke Energy built a coal-fired power plant in Eden, NC (Rivin, 2015). In order to handle

accountable for the Mount Polley spill. I know I have mentioned the Mount Polley spill briefly in the last post but today you will be getting the full story, kind of like an exposé. As I mentioned a couple of days ago the Mount Polley spill was one to be put in the books Mount Polley is one of Imperial Metals mines that they own as many others. However, Mount Polley is the most popular due to the inconvenient spill that occurred there in the year of 2014. This spill was one of the biggest in mining

environment and should be prohibited from being built in or near the Port of Brownsville. LNG companies all over the nation want to build LNG plants in the Port of Brownsville for the convenience of a closer location to the Panama Canal in order to ship to China and save money by occupying cheap land (Robledo). If LNG plants were to be built near South Texas, local environments will be destroyed and tourism will decrease significantly. If LNG plants were to be built in the Port of Brownsville local wildlife

eagles, and up to 22 killer whales are killed by this oil spill, not to mention billions of salmon and herring eggs. The Exxon Valdez was renamed the SeaRiver Mediterranean and continues to carry oil around the world. It was banned from Alaskan waters, but some people say that it’s not enough. They argue that because the Exxon Valdez was only fixed and not built anew, it is likely that it will break down and cause more oil spills. So, was the spill ever cleaned up? The simple answer is no. The explanation

am writing this letter to inform you about the negative effects in Nigeria oil spills have on its people and the environment around them. Oil spills pollute the water, killing animals and plant life that inhabit the area around the spill. It is important that this problem is to be looked at and solved. Nigeria's Niger Delta is one of the most oil-polluted places on the planet with more than 6,800 recorded oil spills. Millions of barrels of oil were spilled into the Niger Delta.. Some people inhabit

Keystone XL is one of the worst energy solution proposals in recent memory. Recently, President Trump issued a go-ahead order for the pipeline to be built, which countered Obama’s own order to halt its construction. While there is continuous debate on which of Trump’s orders is the most harmfull, the issue of the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline is a prospect many should be concerned about. Not only does it violate many environmental regulations (which Trump also aims to be rid of), but the

Oil spills can happen anywhere and anytime. You don’t really hear about them when they happen, because some people don’t think they’re a big deal. They can be prevented if oil companies didn’t use old pipes that’s been there for years. The state of Peru has brought in this oil company called Petroperu. When they were brought in they told the Indigenous people “with oil, you and Peru will grow.” Since then the Oil company has spilled tons of crude oil in the Amazon river contaminating communities

The pipeline, if built could carry up to 1.1 Million barrels of crude oil per day. The pipeline would be built by transforming an existing pipeline and adding more to the pipeline. Travelling through these pipelines would be a cocktail of toxic chemicals including Benzene a known poisonous chemical, refined into oil. This is very impactful to our environment and we have seen many issues arise. Our group, Greenpeace and our team firmly believes the pipeline shouldn’t be built. Why? This pipeline