Dakota Pipeline Research Paper

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a big deal. These past months people have been protesting and debating on whether to let the pipeline be built or not. What is the Dakota Access Pipeline? The Dakota Pipeline is a new underground pipeline that is made by the Dakota Access, LLC. The Dakota Pipeline conveys 470000 barrels of oil per day. This pipeline goes through Bakken/ Three Forks Formation North Dakota near Patoka. The Dakota Access , LLC claims that the project will create up to 40 permanent jobs and 8200- 1200 temporary jobs. Which is an advantage for a lot of people but in the other hand, there are many disadvantages. Why are people debating on whether to let them build the pipeline? People are debating for many reasons. But the main reason why people are debating is because it is destroys people’s personal land. The people who are most affected by this project are the Siox Tribute. It affects the Siox Tribute in many ways for example, there is a high chance that the pipeline might break and contaminate the water. This company is going to go and destroy their land to build a pipeline for oil. And not just that, but they are going to destroy their great historic, religious and cultural significance. This is something very big because the tribute doesn’t have much
Whathappened? On December 12, people discovered that The Belle Forche Pipeline leaked around 176000 gallons of crude oil. On the website, boingboing.net, They claim that, “Yesterday, we learned that the Belle Fourche Pipeline had spilled at least 176,000 gallons of crude oil into Ash Coulee Creek, 150 miles from Cannon Ball, ND, where the water protectors made their stand. The electronic monitoring equipment that was supposed to detect this leak failed.” This proves that one of the most riskiest thing that could happen, happened. And that there could be a high chance that the Dakota Pipeline can do the