Energy East Pipeline Analysis

“In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources, and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy, and peace (Nobel Peace Prize Medalist Maathai 2004).” A Canadian oil company that goes by TransCanada hopes to build an oil pipeline that would extend an enormous 1,200 miles onto an already gargantuan 2,600 mile long pipeline. Keystone XL represents just under a third of the entire Keystone project, and every other piece of pipe has been built and laid out. In fact, TransCanada 's pipeline system is already shipping hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil from the Canadian oil sands across the U.S. border -- and into Illinois (Diamond). The current proposal would take the pipeline on a journey all the way through to Texas. Extracting crude oil from oil sands would be enormously problematic for the environment as it causes the pumping of about 17% more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than standard crude oil extraction. Tar sand oil has levels of carbon dioxide emissions that are three to four times higher than those of conventional oil, due to more energy-intensive removal and refining processes (Friends of the Earth). The construction of the Keystone XL pipeline would stimulate employment, the effects would be temporary and the whole scheme would produce a negative long term outcome. The construction of the Keystone XL pipeline has caused

Thesis: The U.S. should stop the production of the North Dakota Access Pipeline because it would break the contract made over a hundred years with the Native Americans, it violates the ninth amendment, and it is not environmentally safe.

Oil is one resource America relies heavily on. Oil has a negative impact on the environment and has long lasting affects. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a major controversial topic in the news. The Dakota Access Pipeline is being used to transport oil from North Dakota to Illinois. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is located where the pipeline will be passing through. The pipeline disrupts the lives of the Native Americans who live there. I believe that the Dakota Access Pipeline should not be built because of the affects on the environment and goes against the rights of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Greider and Garkovich’s Landscapes: The Social Construction of Nature and the Environment discusses how the environment we live in is apart of our landscape. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe sees their landscape as sacred and a place they need to protect.

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a pipeline that moves crude oil from the west side of North Dakota to the border of Illinois and Canada. There is a lot of controversy around it because it runs right past The Great Sioux Reservation. The Reservation has had many problems with the US Government throughout the years. Many people are protesting the construction of it, much to their prevail, Obama’s administration delayed its construction.

For centuries Native Americans have been oppressed and targeted by white males and there seems to be no end in sight for them. White men have taken away their land, culture and identity. They makeup only 1.7 percent of the population and today they are still being ignored and are not receiving certain rights that they lawfully deserve. Standing Rock: A New Movement For Native-American Rights displays, once again, the disregard that government and industries have towards the environment and native people. It presented how the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline has created lots of controversy throughout the country due to the fact that this oil company ignored the reality that they were cutting through the Sioux reservation border

For months, tension have mounted between protestors and law enforcement officials over the faith of an oil pipeline not far from Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. It has become an environmental and cultural flashpoint, stirring passion across social media and drawing thousands of protestors in the United States and around the world.

The Keystone XL pipeline is a pipeline that runs from Canada to the United States. It would travel from Alberta to the southeast part of Texas next to the Gulf of Mexico, so petroleum products can be transported around the world. This great project would supply petroleum demands and create many jobs. The only thing needed for this project to take off in 2015 is for President Obama to approve it.

The oil pipelines are a very costly project, which would eventually bring in large amounts of revenue that will positively impact the economy. The Canadian Energy Research Institute estimates that “2.1 trillion in gross domestic product would be added to the Canadian economy” if the pipelines were to be implemented (Carlson & Mendelsohn, 2013, p.13). If Canada were to approve the proposal of the oil pipelines, it would become easier to transport the oil, making the “price difference between Canadian and international benchmarks smaller” (Carlson & Mendelsohn, 2013, p.13). This means that oil would be able to be sold at a high price, increasing the revenue that Canada receives (Speer & Green, n.d.). It is believed that the pipelines are “critical to the Canadian economy as they can turn the Canadian oil producers from price takers to price makers in international markets” (BC Chamber of Commerce, 2014). As well, they have projected that Canadian oil production is to “double more than six million barrels per day” (BC Chamber of Commerce, 2014). Currently there are many bottlenecks during oil transportation to other countries, besides the United States due to poor infrastructure. This means that Canada is compelled to sell the oil at a lower price which “costs the economy up to $50 million a day, which is $18-$19 billion a

In the beginning, there was already a world, just like ours, but the people within it were filled with hate and violence. The Creating Power, displeased, flooded their world till no one remained. When the time came to create another world, the Creating Power was careful, leaving us with a long-standing message: not acting in peace with each other would result in our destruction. The Lakota, joined by many other Native American tribes and indigenous tribes all over the world, share this common belief; that if peace is destroyed, so will be the world. Yet, for as long as can be remembered, disputes over land have haunted us. The ideas of imperialism and manifest destiny have resulted in the death of many people and cultures, ancestry that tied

The Keystone Pipeline already exists and runs from “oil sand fields in Alberta, Canada into the US, ending in Cushing, Oklahoma” (What is the Keystone XL Pipeline?). The current topic concerning this pipeline is the expansion of the pipeline to create the Keystone XL Pipeline, which will consist of “1,700 new miles of pipeline” (What is the Keystone XL Pipeline?). This project would offer expansion from Cushing, Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast of Texas, “where oil refineries abound”, and expansion from Alberta to Kansas, allowing for the pipeline to “pass through a region where oil extraction is …booming” (What is the Keystone XL Pipeline?).

The state of North Dakota wants to construct an “1,172-mile Dakota Access oil pipeline , which would run within a half-mile of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and cross beneath the Missouri River.” One side of this is that it should be constructed and it will be good for the state and it will benefit them. The other side is that it shouldn't be built because it will effect are drinking water and the construction will be desping humans that are around their. Also they believe that animals around the area will be affected and it will disturb them and have a huge impact on them. People have been protesting this construction for several day and they even stayed out there during a harsh blizzard to still protest against the construction of the access oil

In 2015, the world will face a vast amount of dilemmas; these dilemmas range from how someone is going to get their food to how they are going to cook. But the biggest dilemma of them all, is how they are going to continue to get energy to do everyday tasks. The most efficient resources are those of the nonrenewable variety. These nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas, and petroleum. Someday these resources will run out and will not be replenished for thousands of years. As of now, an overwhelming majority of the energy used in the world today is non-renewable. We, as civilized people, are so dependent on fossil fuels that we go through extraneous efforts to retrieve these properties. The world needs energy to function and sites that once contained vital resources are on the verge of depletion. It is inevitable that the world looks elsewhere for another resource to absorb the depleting reservoirs. One reservoir capable of withstanding the demand for oil are the tar sands located near Alberta, Canada. These tar sands are the third largest reservoir of crude oil in the world and are conveniently located just north of the United States border (About the Project). There is a wide spread debate on whether or not the crude oil produced from these tar sands should be transported via pipeline. With critical analysis of all point of views, it is without a doubt that the United States should cease their delay on

The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is a project being done from the Beaufort sea through Canada’s Northwest Territories where natural gas is transport in order to tie into gas pipelines located in northern Alberta. What they're trying to accomplish is to design, build, and use it safely. While building it there trying to stay eco friendly. There trying to have it built by

Intricate ecosystems joined together by seemingly never ending water reserves set the tone for Michigan's amazing great lakes, my personal appreciation of the great lakes reaches a new all time high every year I visit. The tender kisses from the sun as I spend my day enjoying the water feels irreplaceable. The risks being taken by our government that directly impact Michiganders and their surrounding courter-parts should be taken seriously.

The Ventura County fire department is reporting that 700 barrels of crude oil, approximately 29,000 gallons, were spilled from a pipeline in southern California. At 5:30 A.M. PST the leak was spotted, flowing towards a beach nearby. The Los Angeles times reports that officials are relying on a natural catch basin, that exists in the area, to capture the oil while crews work on building bigger barriers.