When I read Dakota Access Pipeline: What's at stake? by Holly Yang the topic was bothersome. For some people reading and they are part Native-American, they would be mad that the government approved this project. The people who have lived there all their lives on the land that the government granted and now the government is going to invade their own land to build a pipeline to carry oil to benefit their economy. The Native-American's have a right to say what happened on their land. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe sued the Corps because it would threaten the tribe environmentally and economically…
Before one can form an opinion on whether the Keystone Pipeline should or should not be built, they should first know what it is, and hear both sides of the argument.…
The Keystone Pipeline, also known as Keystone XL, is a 1,179-mile-long pipeline from oil fields in Western Canada to the Midwestern United States. Specifically, this pipeline will extend from Alberta, Canada to Steele City, Nebraska with plans to link to an existing pipeline that reaches to the Gulf Coast. Despite the advantages this pipeline will produce, it will also create various negative effects regarding wildlife and inhabitants of these areas, economic and political issues, as well as challenge government policies and regulations.…
The United States government possesses a long history of double-crossing Native Americans. The most recent event is the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline currently being protested by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and their supporters. Though the pipeline is more than halfway completed, protestor's have held their ground since April of 2016, and show no sign of losing momentum. The tribe argues construction of the pipeline has already bulldozed into the sacred burial grounds of their ancestors, and further digging will result in irreparable damage to historical, religious and cultural sites. Along with the possible contamination of the Missouri River in case of a leak or oil spill. Followed by The Army Corp of Engineers, responsible of approving the final permits for the pipeline, failing to properly consult with the tribe beforehand. The pipeline has been momentarily halted, while…
The government should not come in contact with property that does not belong to them unless consent is given by the owner. In the case of Standing Rock, the government was never given permission to construct the oil pipeline in their Indian Reservation territory. The government should not be allowed to construct the pipeline in Indian Reservation territory because first of all that property is not theirs is the Sioux’s Tribe property. Second of all, the oil pipeline is going to produce many complications for the environment and the community around it. Third and final of all this is going to give America a bad image.…
The relationship between the Amerindians and the United States have been one of turmoil, war, and neglect. Treaties have been broken, lives have been lost, and genocidal acts have occurred. Presidents have forcefully removed Amerindians from place to place until they were forced onto reservations. Culture has been destroyed and religious artifacts decimated to create metropolises. But is the Dakota Access Pipeline another hit to the Amerindians? The purpose of this essay is to explain how the Dakota Access Pipeline is not only a finical benefit to the United States but the environmentally savvy one.…
The original road map for the Keystone XL Pipeline was directed through the Sand Hills of Nebraska (New York Times). This is why the Obama administration had denied the Keystone XL Pipeline the first time through. Many Americans, those who are educated in this situation, know that the risk of having an oil pipeline running through the Sand Hills of Nebraska is a risk no one is willing to take with the great Ogallala Aquifer running underneath it. So TransCanada went…
The Dakota Access Pipeline should have been stopped because the Sioux tribes have rights, the pipeline could damage the environment, and the government should care about the people’s complaints. It was wrong of the government to deny the rights of the Sioux tribes. Now, seeing how bad this project was, would you let the government deny your rights, threaten to harm your land, and threaten your primary source of water? Or would you fight for what is…
Hydraulic Fracking is a hot topic these days within the media of Ohio and locals of Licking County, Ohio. What issues and risk do we seem to currently need to be aware of? Could properties of local residents be affected and what step(s) are we taking to insure a brighter future for Ohio?…
Fracking is a very popular conversational topic or subject of commercials, media etc.. But many people actually do not know what it is, does and risks.…
Russell Gold’s book, The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World, is a great book for anyone who wants to know exactly what fracking is and the effects that come with it. Gold also reports in his book about the pros and cons of fracking and the impact it has had on our world.…
Even when AIM is not a prominent part of society anymore, Natives continue to fight for the rights they deserve to their land. In recent events, the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) will cut through sacred Sioux land, and all types of people are protesting for their land to remain unmarked. Notable celebrity and women's rights activist Shailene Woodley was arrested for protesting the DAPL (Woodley, 1) but continues to fight against the pipeline after her…
In Cannon Ball, North Dakota there’s a land called Standing Rock Sioux reservation and that’s where the USACE wants to put a pipeline in. The Standing Rock Sioux reservation is a Native American sacred and burial ground. The Native Americans don’t want them putting the pipeline in because, it’ll contaminate their clean water and bother the people who were buried there. At first, the pipeline wasn’t a big deal and then the USACE wouldn’t cooperate and the THPO sued them which caused a very big problem. Once this problem started, it started to grow into a very, very huge deal and endangered people’s lives.…
Fracking has been a big deal lately. Fracking is a technique to get oil and gas out of the ground but it means they have to put a pipe in the ground then send water,sand and many other chemicals through the pipe at high-pressure. From all the pressure it makes cracks in the ground bringing up gas and oil. Even if there’s many benefits from fracking there's many disadvantages to. My claim on this problem is that we should stop the process of fracking.…
Bruce N. Waller reminds us to identify the issue. The argument was that the Alaskan pipeline is not a threat to the environment. Once this is determined, Waller suggests to recognize the conclusion. The pipeline may or may not be a threat to the tundra and Alaskan shoreline. The pipeline may or may not accidentally pollute its surroundings. In contrast, this particular issue had these supporting arguments: the Alaskan pipeline is essential to the United States’ economy, Alaska has the largest oil reserves, and the pipelines are cost effective method to transport oil (Waller). All these have nothing to do with the issue at hand, a threat to its…