Keystone XL pipeline
Written by: Sarah Freeman
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The Keystone XL pipeline is made by a company called
TransCanada. The pipeline is a way to connect oil from Canada to Texas. The
Keystone pipeline is from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele City, Nebraska. The
pipeline will cross the Cheyenne River near a reservation. The Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe and the Yankton Sioux tribe are trying to stop the XL pipeline.
Many tribes that will be affected by this pipeline are protesting it as well.
South dakota is were the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe resieds and have been protesting
the pipeline. The pipeline is an envoirmental risk that can and will polute the
land when the pipeline spills. Remi Bald Eale is the intergovernmental affairs
coordinator for the Cheyenne River Tribe. His response to the pipeline is that
he will support his people and will not let the workers of the pipeline go
through the reservation at all.
Not just tribe in South Dakota are
protesting and against the pipeline, the National Congress of American Indians
or the NCAL is also against the Keystone XL pipeline. They are concerned for
the environment as the pipeline will be holding around 830,000
barrels of oil. With spills of 42,000 gallon spills its no wonder that people
don’t want this pipeline. South Dakota also has problems with covering the
voices of the people. They put into place an act that will not allow a form of
protest. The Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people apart of the Oceti Sakowin or
the Seven Council Fires are very much against the pipeline. With the new
riot-boosting act in place to stop all forms of protest to punish others for
trying to speak their mind. People are not going to stop trying to get this
pipeline to not be made. Though the government is starting to make protestors
out like terrorist and having major problems at Standing Rock protestors were
teargassed and got water canons pointed on them. This has happened making
others worried about what is to come for them.
This pipeline has been
protested from the start. This pipeline is a environmental risk and will make
problems. Espalily since the route for the pipeline is going through rivers
important to tribal survival. These rivers are important to religious practices
and their everyday life. Having that the pipeline has spilled and caused
damages in the past everyone knows that the pipeline will cause more
environmental issues and cause the rivers and land to become polluted. People
are not going to stop until this pipeline has been stopped. From
environmentalist to tribes that are affected by this pipeline are going to stop
this project. I hope they do because this pipeline is terible. The spills that
are connected to this company and their other pipelines are terrible the
benefits of this pipeline are more for the rich and the company itself. The
jobs are nonexistent and are more harmful to the US then a benefit. To have
this pipeline is going to cause problems for the land and the water that it
will spill into when it starts to leak. With all these tribes that are against
it and are trying to stop it should indicate that we don't want or need this
pipeline connecting Canada to the Gulf coast. With president Trump supporting
this pipeline is a big problem. With the crack down on protesters and having
Trump supporting the project is a problem. It is showing that the government
cares more about oil then its people's health. What will happen when people get
affected by this pipeline. The government will do nothing and it will be a
problem. This pipeline is a problem and the government is supporting it. Our
future of this world is changing with climate change and no one wants to change
the world for the better.
In conclusion, this
pipeline is not needed or wanted. The tribes of Lakota, Dakota, Nakota all
agree that this is a terrible idea and don't want it in their rivers. The NCAI
also agreeing that this pipeline is bad is another reason to get rid of it.
This pipeline will cause problems for those in its path. It will spill and
contaminate water supplies and pollute the land. With protest being silenced
and the tribes coming together to be heard problems are arising. A protest is
going to happen and the more radical people might stop at nothing to keep this
pipeline from being made. With this problem on the rise, I am looking forward
to hearing the outcome of this pipeline. I hope the voices of those how will be
affected will get heard and people will see the truth of this pipeline. As the
pipeline continues to grow and the people try to stop it we will see the truth
of this world.
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