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
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Environmental Issues of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project. The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is a project proposed in 1970s with a purpose to transport natural gas and oil from the Beaufort Sea through Northwest Territories to tie into gas pipelines in northern Alberta. The project was scarped because of Thomas Berger’s report which stated how the project would have a negative effect on environment and First Nation communities. After many year the land claims have been settled by the Aboriginal
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Access Pipeline (DAPL). Perhaps more commonly known by its hashtags on Facebook and Twitter‚ the #NoDAPL campaign existed as early as Oct. 2014 and has gained more momentum in the recent weeks. These protests sweeping across the nation revolves around the bitter reaction to the proposed construction of Energy Transfer Partners’ DAPL. Presented to the public in June 2014‚ the $3.7 billion DAPL project involves the construction of 1‚134-mile long‚ underground oil pipeline. The pipeline would stretch
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Dakota Access Pipeline‚ and it should be built. The pipeline has many benefits‚ and few‚ if any‚ actual problems. Nodaplsolidarity.org‚ a site dedicated to opposing and protesting the pipeline‚ avoids the issue of what the problems with it actually are‚ saying that the pipeline is a violation of the United Nation’s Declaration of Universal Human Rights‚ and a violation of the United Nation’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples‚ without actually naming what it is about the pipeline that violates
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Oil & Gas Pipeline Integrity Management Preface One of the primary goals of Oil and Gas pipeline operators is to ensure continuous and reliable delivery of crude/refined products to customers while ensuring safety of its employees‚ the public‚ customers‚ environment and its assets. They are faced with the increasingly complex process of maintaining the delivery of crude oil/gas/refined products at the minimal cost and impact on the surrounding environment. Pipelines are exposed to various risks
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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 face of the protest against the pipeline is Dave Archambault III. He is the tribal chairman of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation for North Dakota (Hersher). He along
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The opposition of the Trans-Alaska pipeline did their best to keep the pipeline from becoming established but their efforts where in vain. With oil prices high‚ and so much support coming from Washington and the lower 48 states‚ it wasn’t long until the pipeline was constructed. However‚ the opposition would get another change to argue their points. In the spring of 1989‚ the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spilled its precious cargo in the Prince William Sound after it struck a reef‚ spilling between 11
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The pipeline has been opposed largely due to its environmental impact. This includes the increase in carbon emissions and the potential oil spills. Canada may become more reliant on fracked oil. The Energy East Pipeline will encourage Alberta’s oil producers to increase production. The development of this oil produces a lot of carbon emissions. Between 62 and 164 kilograms of CO2 is released per barrel produced. In situ development produces even more carbon than mining; between 99 and 176 kilograms
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included some things like the place where we were raised‚ important influences in our lives‚ and our dream job. As well‚ we introduced a topic that we would be interested in structuring and writing an argumentative paper about‚ I chose the Dakota access pipeline. It was a controversial topic throughout the world and it drew my interest to intellectually challenge the opposing side‚ along with several other popular debate topics. Unfortunately‚ I procrastinated throughout the entire course‚ because writing
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Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline and the Kurdish Issue The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline links the Caspian sea to the Eastern Mediterranean‚ it runs 1‚ 768 km long and is the second longest oil pipeline in the former Soviet Union‚ extending through the former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Georgia‚ as well as Turkey. At its capacity it can pump up to 1 million barrels (160‚00 m3) of oil per day. The construction of the pipeline was a massive undertaking costing upwards of US$3.9 billion
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