The Dakota access pipeline has much risk in the aspects of environmental impact and the thousands of people protesting for the protection indian reservation‚ but these pipelines bring in huge economic gain. In the article‚ “Dakota Access Pipeline: What’s at stake?” Written by Holly Yan‚ she explores the possible pros and cons of piping oil through North Dakota to Illinois. People are arguing that piping oil could be hazardous to native american land‚ but others say the U.S. needs the money. While
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The keystone pipeline has proven to be a decisive topic at podiums and dinner tables everywhere‚ with people debating the merits and benefits (or lack thereof) of the pipeline such as money‚ jobs and increased traffic in areas along the pipeline. I will analyze the keystone pipeline under the ethical theories of Utilitarianism‚ Duty/Rights Ethics and Virtue Ethics. Merriam Webster defines utilitarianism as “a theory that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain
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A big movement that has came across America’s headlines in The Dakota Access Pipeline. It has created a war between the US Government and the Indian Reservation. The pipeline would run through the Indian Reservation. The biggest argument that the Standing Rock Sioux People were bringing up were that the pipeline would be destroying the water supply to the reservation. The Indians believed it would be scorching the earth. The people of the reservation believe t “water is life”‚ and that they are looking
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The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is branded as a project that is going to increase revenues to 73.5 Billion dollars‚ employment‚ tax benefits‚ and return any farmland or wetland they disturb back to it’s place (Trans Mountain‚ 2014). Though‚ Trans Mountain is persuasive as to how the pipeline will protect the environment and indigenous people‚ and how the pipeline increases revenues. The company fails to mention the environmental damage that will be done when this pipeline is built‚ and the
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To begin‚ unemployment is an issue that is growing at a steadily rate. The Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion proposal promises to resolve this problem‚ yet‚ there are also other factors that bring a great deal of concern. Kinder Morgan‚ the company that is responsible for the pipeline‚ suggests that expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline can benefit employment heavily due to the fact that job will be created. Statistics from Trans Mountain stated‚ “According to Conference Board of Canada estimates
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to camp out near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota during the cold weather. Citizens of the Standing Rock Sioux and other Natives and even people against the pipeline “set up the Sacred Stone Camp in April to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline” (Halpert). The Main problem with the Dakota Access Pipeline is that it has a very high risk of water contamination‚ and it would threaten nearby sacred burial sites Can you imagine being from the same race as the founders and makers of a
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The school-to-prison pipeline theory “suggests that early involvement in school discipline is a clear predictor of future problems” (p. 7) with the justice system (Office of the State Superintendent of Education‚ 2013). The most common practice associated with this theory is zero-tolerance policies that are implemented nationwide in schools. A zero-tolerance policy in a school is the rigorous enforcement of rules and bans against unwanted behaviors and possession of items (Office of the State Superintendent
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XL Pipeline was a proposed pipeline that would have transported crude oil from Hardisty‚ Alberta to Steele City‚ Nebraska. The pipeline would have stretched 1‚179 miles in a direct path to Steele City‚ Nebraska. The proposed pipeline was hoping to bring thousands of jobs to the market‚ strengthen the economy of the US and the communities surrounding the pipeline‚ and of course to transport oil in a safe way to fuel the needs of the American people. After seven years of review‚ the pipeline was
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In my opinion‚ authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline would be damaging to the environment. Displace residents from their home or property if it obstructs the construction of the pipeline. And lastly‚ will only cause a short term economic benefit to the working class who seek long term employment not a seasonal position. The construction of the Keystone Xl pipeline will be detrimental to the environment because it will disperse greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from the extraction of tar sand
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treatment towards the women of this country-practically that he walks all over them. In terms of the plan‚ I think she kept her plans secretive so nobody would be definite of her motives and there would be long debates in history regarding what her intentions were- so her act would be known regardless of what they thought she intended to do. They would know her‚ the Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. And they would know of the Suffragettes. It is speculated that Emily intended to pin the prime colours
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