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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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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Understanding Is the Keystone XL Pipeline really worth the risk? There are many Americans that believe so and there are just as many that don’t think so. Each side has their reasons and they are sufficient reasons backed up by liable sources. The Keystone XL Pipeline is a pipeline system that would transport crude oil for the Tar Sands in Alberta‚ Canada‚ through the continental United States all the way down the Gulf Coast. It is a total of seventeen hundred miles of pipeline going through six states (Washington
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Keystone XL Pipeline: A Risky Venture Introduction to Transportation Management‚ TLMT 311 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Overview of Issue 3-6 Supporters of Keystone XL Pipeline 6-7 Discussion of Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline 7-8 Conclusion 9 References 10 Throughout history‚ The United States has been much reliant upon oil rich countries for liquid
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The Keystone Pipeline Debate 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 System is an oil pipeline system in Canada and the United States‚ commissioned since 2010. It runs from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in Alberta to refineries in Illinois and Texas‚ and also to oil tank farms and oil pipeline distribution center in Cushing‚ Oklahoma. Three
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whole lives in. An invader‚ a pipeline‚ is being built to seize a way of lifestyle‚ a human right‚ and one whole community. The Dakota Access Pipeline‚ a 1‚200 mile undertaking‚ must not be built to recognize the battle that thousands of protestors are fighting‚ to benefit everyone. From a Native American’s eye‚ the horizon is decorated with a river and a culture he is a part of. This is now disturbed by the bulldozers parked‚ constructing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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The Energy East pipeline came onto the federal government agenda as with the creation of the pipeline‚ it would potentially create 14‚000 full-time jobs‚ 55 billion dollars boost to Canada’s GDP and would displace 1‚500 rail cars daily. https://www.transcanada.com/en/operations/oil-and-liquids/energy-east/). Canada favors the idea of pipelines‚ to an extent that there have been four pipeline projects proposed all which will carry oil either to British Columbia or expand to the US. (__) Currently
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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 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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