The Fight of Plateau and Pipeline In Canada, there are roughly 617 first nations groups spanning from the east to the west coast. The were the first people to cultivate the land, explore the territory, and created permanent community. Since the introduction of European settlers to today's multicultural society. The First Nations groups have experienced many difficulties. These days the Peoples of Plateau located in B.C. have united to take "The Trans Mountain pipeline" to court. The Peoples of the Plateau feel this pipeline expansion project affects their nation socially, economically, politically and environmentally. The expansion of the pipeline project affects the social welfare of the Peoples of the Plateau. This First Nation direly involved are the Coldwater Indian Band, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and the Squamish Nation. As a positive, this issue has "helped build unity among First Nations opposed to expansion". This unity will help generate more support for their cause. Another social impact is their health concerns. The bands are concerned about the expansions effect on their sources of water. Water is important for both drinking and irrigation and a "spill would be catastrophic". The pipeline expansion project would affect the economy of the Peoples of the Plateau. If they win their their lawsuit, they will receive a large sum of money. …show more content…
They felt they haven't been "properly consulted", and they felt none of their concerns were met with any real analysis or consideration. The People of Plateau are going to challenge it through legal remedies. Even though, some of First Nations have signed a mutual-benefit agreements with the owner of the pipeline. The People of Plateau and the people of other First Nations was looking for a degree of respect that is so far absent from the federal and provincial governments as well as Kinder Morgan, the owner of the
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The Dakota Access Pipeline and the Keystone XL Pipeline are two pipeline projects that were suspended in the past. These pipelines were stopped because they could have a big impact on people and the environment. The making of these pipelines would cause a great amount of carbon pollution. Recently, President Trump signed the order to approve the pipeline project. The projects have pros and cons, the people in favor of the pipelines think we would be able to rely less on foreign oil.
no easy situation to address. Is it worth BC’s approval to build the pipeline, when it
On the 9th of February 2004 TransCanada Corporation, an energy company based in Alberta, Canada proposed a plan for the installation and use of a pipeline that would stretch from Alberta, Canada to oil refineries in the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States. The pipeline, titled the Keystone Pipeline, would be installed in four separate phases and once completed would transport up to 1.1 million barrels of synthetic crude oil per day. Phases two through four of the pipeline encompass the parts of the pipeline that would be installed in the United States and would be located in the states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, and Illinois. TransCanada is currently awaiting approval from the US government in order to begin the installation of the US portion of the pipeline.
With our understanding that the pipeline is safe, and there are safety precautions in place if anything ever did happen. That it is the best economical way to transport this oil. And finally our need for this oil s huge and it will be huge for a long time unless we start the process of building nuclear power right now; even in that case we still have about 15 years before that is ready to take the work load of British Columbia. Even when we have a different sustained energy we will still have the need for oil due to the fact that’s cars are the main moat of transportation in the lower main land. That means we are far away from a province let alone a country that can run without the use of oil. And seeing how to transport it via pipe line is the safest spill wise and most economically friendly it seems to be the better choice.
The Keystone XL pipeline continues dividing the opinion of the people and being a controversial issue. The precious “black gold”, represents one of the main factors that moves the economy, nationally and globally. This extra-long pipeline will transport oil all the way from Canada to Texas. Some experts and the private oil corporation, who is the one in charge of this project, point to the benefits of this project, for example, will make the USA more independent from foreign oil, will create thousands of jobs and improve the economy. Nevertheless, are experts revealing how the pipeline is an unnecessary risk and will be negative for the environment, dangerous for the population living close to the big pipes, and long-term negative for the
The opening stories on CNS and FOX on the topic of the pipeline are in support for Obama’s decision against the pipeline. The coverage over the controversy is very one sided and mainly talks about the negative effects of letting the pipeline pass through Montana, South D...
Living in Canada, there is a long past with the Indigenous people. The relationship between the white and First Nations community is one that is damaged because of our shameful actions in the 1800’s. Unnecessary measures were taken when the Canadian government planned to assimilate the Aboriginal people. Through the Indian Act and Residential schools the government attempted to take away their culture and “kill the Indian in the child.” The Indian Act allowed the government to take control over the people, the residential schools took away their culture and tore apart their families, and now we are left with not only a broken relationship between the First Nations people but they are trying to put back together their lives while still living with a harsh reality of their past.
Putting the pipeline in the underground would be,”. designed to transport 470,000 barrels of crude oil per day (with a growth potential up to 570,000 barrels per day). “ (Energy Transfer) Companies make more money by that but that leaves out the issues where they are going to put these pipelines. Of course these companies decided to take a place where a Native American’s reservation lies, destroying homes and historical places. “The Dakota pipeline will create over 8,000 immediate jobs in the construction sector,’ Blakeman says, showing that going on with this plan will get people out of a job that can go into this field.
This being said, many people disagree with the project due to the damaging cons that it brings. The pipeline is being built on sacred land and causes the threat of water contamination in the Standing Rock Sioux reservation for not only those who use it, but those who are miles 8downstream from the reservation as well. Overall, the project could possibly worsen climate change more than what is already happening. Despite all of these potentially devastating cons, the construction of the pipeline was approved for the benefit of the country and its
The Dakota Access Pipeline is a controversial project that extends over 1,800 miles, transporting more than 580,000 barrels of crude oil per day from North Dakota to southern Illinois. The Pipeline crosses paths with Native American territory including an ancient burial site, runs underneath the Missouri River and Lake Oahe, and may possibly cause many environmental and health issues. As a result, environmentalists and Native Americans have started protests and set up camps at the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s reservation and other areas in order to combat and end the project. The National Guard along with many police officials have tried to stop the protesting and alleged trespassing on private land with force, leading many to believe that they have treated
Canada likes to paint an image of peace, justice and equality for all, when, in reality, the treatment of Aboriginal peoples in our country has been anything but. Laden with incomprehensible assimilation and destruction, the history of Canada is a shameful story of dismantlement of Indian rights, of blatant lies and mistrust, and of complete lack of interest in the well-being of First Nations peoples. Though some breakthroughs were made over the years, the overall arching story fits into Cardinal’s description exactly. “Clearly something must be done,” states Murray Sinclair (p. 184, 1994). And that ‘something’ he refers to is drastic change. It is evident, therefore, that Harold Cardinal’s statement is an accurate summarization of the Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationship in
More specifically, the press release requests that government officials, including the President, consider all the physical, psychological, and spiritual devastations that the DPL is likely to cause in Native American communities, including those situated on or near Standing Rock Reservation. Although the plans for building the Dakota Access pipeline are in direct opposition to the treaty between the Sioux tribe and the government, the most disturbing feature in the pipeline’s model is that it will go through the sacred burial grounds in which the Sioux tribe’s ancestors have been laid to rest in for thousands of years (American Psychological Association,
A general knowledge of injustice perpetrated against Native Americans is crucial, but in order to prompt serious change, the public needs to be educated about how decisions regarding the pipeline affect everyday life on the reservation. When the pipeline was proposed, it initially traveled through Bismarck, North Dakota, where the residents complained about the potential hazardous effects of the pipeline. Immediately, it was rerouted towards the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, where residents suffer a much lower quality of life than non-reservation counterparts: a 43% poverty rate, 79% unemployment, rampant alcoholism, and some of the highest childhood mortality, suicide, and dropout rates in the country (Lee). Life can be bleak on the reservation,
Today's pipelines are used in our everyday way of life for numerous reasons. Pipelines are used to move hazardous materials such as gasoline for automobiles and dirtbikes, home heating oils, propane and diesel fuel along with crude oil and natural gases. They travel long distances above and underground across the country. They run through our neighborhoods, under our streets, across the deserts, through the forest and everywhere else you could think of. They pose very detrimental threats not only to our environment, but also to our society on all levels. There has been a myriad of incidents that have caused irreversible damage to our oceans and fresh bodies of water all over the country consisting of but certainly not limited to oil spills, salt water spills, and natural gas leaks which cause major issues to the health and well-being of the citizens in this country. Our pipelines today are moving quantity instead of quality, which is a large root of the problem. Pipeline regulations have not ever been what people would call ideal, but in the more recent decades have plummeted and are not