In Bill McKibben’s article, “Why Dakota Is the New Keystone,” McKibben expresses through vivid word choice, aggressive tone, and sentence structure, why the New Keystone pipeline should be in the Dakota’s. He brings together these elements to paint a vivid picture to persuade the reader into believing it too. McKibben uses words that clearly show what he wants the reader to picture and shows how he wants to shape this piece. He illustrates this by stating that there are “shocking images of the National Guard destroying tepees and sweat lodges and arresting elders” (McKibben). This shows McKibben painting the picture that the National Guard are no longer protecting the people of our country, but destroying precious parts of their life and …show more content…
They consist of a longer sentence with a shorter one in preparation to a more detailed, longer paragraph. The purpose of this is to hook the reader and give a preview to what is going to be explained next. For example, McKibben states, “There are at least two grounds for demanding a full environmental review of this pipeline, instead of the fast-track approvals it has received so far” (McKibben). Although this sentence is very broad, it allows McKibben to lead into his next paragraph with the explanation of what this all means. He writes, “Originally the pipeline was supposed to cross the Missouri just north of Bismarck… The second is that this is precisely the kind of project that climate science tells us can no longer be tolerated” (McKibben). This allows the reader to follow McKibben’s thoughts into a deeper explanation and understanding of the issue on the Keystone …show more content…
In the beginning of this piece, McKibben states that the matchup between the Native Americans and the United States Army has “almost always ended horribly, and nothing we can do now will erase a history of massacres, stolen land and broken treaties” (McKibben). This provides the reader with a feeling of sympathy towards the Native Americans and he uses pathos to do it. Through the tone presented in this sentence and using words such as, “history of massacres and stolen land”, this article shows the Native Americans have been cheated for awhile now and had their belongings taken from them in an unfair way. Then further, in the article, McKibben shows ethos and his credibility with a fact stating, “the company building the pipeline has pushed the local authorities to remove protesters from land where construction has already desecrated indigenous burial sites” (McKibben). He provides this evidence to show that extreme measures need to be changed to make a difference. It cannot be changed with a few protesters and the article is bound to change that. Finally, to wrap up, he uses a simple sentence to link back to the beginning. He states, “If we use them wisely, a fresh start is possible” (McKibben). This short, simple sentence brings back to the reader the emotions that were originally
The Keystone XL is a controversial oil pipeline extension that would travel from Alberta, Canada, to the United States Gulf Coast. The Keystone XL should not be built because of the damage it would cause to the environment. The oil would be found within tar sands that contain bitumen. The process of extracting the crude oil uses a lot of energy and causes a large amount of greenhouse gases. Many citizens, in Canada and the United States, are outraged because it can be detrimental to the surrounding land and wildlife. TransCanada, the company building the oil pipeline, has to receive permission from the United States government to begin construction. If the United States does not have the pipeline built and chooses to not use Canada’s oil, then TransCanada will have the pipeline built elsewhere and exported to other countries. There has been a divide between those in favor of the Keystone XL and those who are not. The Keystone XL would be able to provide the United States with a reliable source of oil, but it would also take the risk of faults in the oil pipeline and ruining parts of America’s resourceful soil. The Keystone XL will cause a negative effect on the environment and damage resourceful land; therefore, the oil pipeline should not be constructed.
Almost 95 million barrels of oil and fuel are produced each day in order to provide energy and fuel to people the world over. A major component of the oil industry is the transportation of oil through various means including oil pipelines. These pipelines are capable of transporting thousands of barrels of oil thousands of miles per day. In the United States one possible pipeline has caused a lot of controversy and discussion on the impact it will have on the United States. The difficulty in deciding if the Keystone XL Pipeline should be built is in whether the possibility of economic growth outweighs the possibility of environmental destruction. In order to make a decision, one must first look into the history of oil pipelines. It is crucial
During this time, the American Colonists were ravaging the Native American crops and villages in hopes that they would surrender their land. They did everything in their power to rid the land of Indians by not only destroying their crops, but by killing herds of buffalo as well. To give an example of the terror that had occurred, a Native American tribe surrendered themselves to an American colony to avoid death and torture, but they were murdered and mutilated by the White man. Men, Women, and children were shot from all sides of the village. extent of violence did not stop there for the American soldiers as they continued to desolate even more Native American tribes.
You wake up one day but everything seems odd. Its freezing cold in your house and you wonder what happened to the heat. You go to the kitchen and try to find something to eat and there is no food anywhere. Suddenly you hear scattering and banging in your parents bathroom.Your mom is looking for medicine because she is extremely sick but there is no medicine that she can find to help her. Do you know why, it’s because this is how our future will look like if we have nothing efficient enough to transport the oil that we use in almost everything to us.Therefore we believe the U.S should build the Keystone Pipeline XL because doing so will provide more jobs and increase tax revenue, oil is extremely essential for daily life and the keystone will help to transport our oil easier and safer.
Mckibben draws his readers in by using a sympathetic tone. He states, “The Native Americans who have spent the last months in peaceful protest against an oil pipeline along the banks of the Missouri are standing up for tribal rights ”(Mckibben). The author is trying to make his readers feel some sympathy for the Native Americans. He uses the word “peaceful” to show how the Native Americans were not at fault because they were calm with the protest. How can it be their fault when they have done nothing wrong? They have “peacefully stood up to police dogs, pepper spray and the bizarre-looking militarized tanks and SWAT teams that are the stuff of modern policing”(Mckibben). In this statement “peacefully” is used to prove how the Native Americans have done nothing wrong again. They are fighting against people with more authority and power. Next, Mckibben states that construction “has already desecrated indigenous burial sites.” This shows the reader that the Native Americans are being mistreated. Why would anyone
In this article, author James McPherson discusses the key players in the Dakota Access Pipeline. He outlines not only outlines the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and the pipeline company, Energy Transfer Partners, but also the Governor of North Dakota, the Tribal Chairman,
Native American people have been mistreated in a variety of ways throughout their long history with the white man. They have been slaughtered, poisoned, attacked, and had treaties violated. The most recent injustice is the conflict over the Dakota Access Pipeline. There are many striking similarities between the events at the Dakota Access Pipeline and the events of Wounded Knee in 1973. History is nearly repeating itself, but there is a difference in how the conflict is being viewed by the American masses.
With an increasing global population and ever industrializing society 's, environmental concern is rarely given priority over economic incentive. But what people fail to realize is that our environmental failures, and relative apathy about it set up a plethora of problems for future generations to deal with. One of the most important decisions president Obama will face in the next year will be whether or not to approve the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, a massively sized, and massively controversial oil pipeline that would stretch all the way from Alberta Canada, to American oil refineries along the Gulf Of Mexico. Despite the economic incentive present, the building of the Keystone XL pipeline should not happen because of the
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.
In a New York Times article “Why Dakota Is The New Keystone,” written by Bill McKibben he uses word choice that envelops a certain tone to the reader, varying sentence structure that make the piece interesting, and appeals to both pathos and logos. All of these writing skills are used to encourage Americans to stand up with the Sioux tribe. McKibben uses a strong choice of words that portray the Sioux tribe as the “heroes of the standing rock reservation, sometimes on horseback, have peacefully stood up to police dogs, pepper spray and the bizarre-looking militarized tanks and SWAT teams that are the stuff of modern policing” (McKibben). When the reader sees the words such as ‘heroes’ and ‘peacefully’ it is easy for them to see that the tribe is not the enemy in this situation.
Americans are at odds over the morality and legality of the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) because some believe the construction of this enormous conduit perpetuates the cycle of the American government disregarding Native American rights and others recognize the pipeline’s potential to revolutionize the role of oil in the country’s economy. This issue is older than the United States, yet it resurfaces in 2016 in an emotional discordance between inhabitants of the Sioux Standing Rock Reservation and the Energy Transfer Partners who wish to complete the massive project. To understand the significance of this controversy, one must review the history of Native American relationships with foreign expansionists. ------
Native Americans are being disrespected, harmed, and their homeland is being taken from them. Am I talking about events taken place centuries ago? No, because these unfortunate circumstances yet again are occurring right here, now, in the present. This horrid affair has a name: The Dakota Access Pipeline. This Pipeline is an oil transporting pipeline, which is funded by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, who have devised a plan for the pipeline to run through the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois. However, unfortunately, this pipeline will run straight through the reservation of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe, expressing their distress for the pipeline have said, that the pipeline will be “Destroying our burial sites, prayer sites, and culturally significant artifacts,” Arguments for the pipeline however have tried to counter this claim, trying to emphasize that “The pipeline wouldn 't just be an economic boon, it would also significantly decrease U.S. reliance on foreign oil”, and that the pipeline is estimated to produce “374.3 million gallons of gasoline per day.”, which could help the sinking oil economy. (Yan, 2016) However, despite the economical growth it could achieve, the Dakota Access Pipeline could have damaging environmental effects on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the areas surrounding.
In the nonfiction novel Saga of the Sioux, there are two major conflicts. They are Man vs. Nature and Man vs. Society. “A few kept watch over the soldiers and reported the Bluecoats movement in the battle of powder river.” This shows how the soldiers were always watching and hunting the Bluecoats. “Parents resisted attempts of white men trying to
Frank Waln’s center focus in this film was on protecting the environment, and with that, protecting the Native people who use the land to live. Waln speaks about a legend his ancestors told of a black snake that would bring an evil sickness with it. The snake would either tear the land apart, or bring people in the community together. The people believe this snake is the Keystone XL pipeline. A transcontinental oil pipeline from Canada to the reservation Frank Waln is from in South Dakota. The pipeline is a direct threat to the water in the Ogallala community.
The environment is a very important thing to take care of and can be very fragile. In the recent years humanity hasn’t been doing much to take care of the earth, and instead is destroying it in the name of progress. One of the harmful things that could really impact the environment is the North Dakota Pipeline. Some facts about the pipeline is that it is owned by Energy Transfer Partners who are the owners of Sunoco. Sunoco has had multiple onshore pipeline leaks and disasters that have devastated many environments. The planned pipeline is going to be 1,134 miles long and will cut through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois, by doing that it crosses fifty counties in total. Pipelines in general aren’t really the most reliable things