Dakota Access Pipeline Research Paper

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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 …show more content…

"People at the front lines of the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline are calling it a 'death sentence.'" Business Insider, Insider, 1 Nov. 2016, www.businessinsider.com/ north-dakota-access-pipeline-protest-drinking-water-2016-10. Accessed 8 May 2018.
Meyer, Robinson. "Oil Is Flowing Through The Dakota Access Pipeline." The Atlantic, Atlantic Monthly Group, 9 June 2017, www.theatlantic.com/ science/archive/2017/06/oil-is-flowing-through-the-dakota-access-pipeline/ 529707/. Accessed 9 May 2018.
Mufson, Steven. "Showdown over N. Dakota pipeline provides lesson in power and perils of protest." The Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ showdown-over-n-dakota-pipeline-provides-lesson-in-power-and-perils-of-protest/ 2016/11/07/ 113ad8fa-a13e-11e6-8832-23a007c77bb4_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5c42d4cba 6c0. Accessed 8 May 2018.
United States, DC Circuit Court. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 27 July 2016. District Court Pleadings Caption, earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/3154%201%20Complaint.pdf. Accessed 21 May 2018. slip op.

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