The risks of the pipeline breaking and the damage it could cause.
The American Indian tribe argues that a leak or spill could be ruinous. They say historical and cultural reviews of the land where the pipeline will be buried were inadequate. People also worry about catastrophic environmental damage if the pipeline were to break near where it crosses under the Missouri River. The jobs it would possibly bring to Americans and the money to farmers. Energy Transfer said the pipeline would bring an estimated $156 million in sales and income taxes to state and local. Though, far fewer permanent jobs to maintain and monitor the pipeline. State and federal agencies have approved the pipeline, and some farmers and ranchers have welcomed the thousands of dollars in payments that came with signing agreements to allow it to across their land. So, is the North Dakota Pipeline a good or bad decision? With the controversies going on today, there are many sides of it. Whether it should or shouldn't be built, or will it make the United States of America more independent? But overall, it has good and bad reasons and will continue to have controversies until it is
finished.