The Pros And Cons Of The Keystone Pipeline

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For many years, people had prioritized economic growth over the environment, but now there is a change in how the world does business. This year President Obama veto the Keystone Pipeline that would have brought oil sand to U.S. refineries from Canada, the pipeline would have come with jobs, oil, and environmental risk, he did not want to risk it. So yet again, the president was at odds with congress, and congress tried to override his decision, but half or just over half decided not to overrule him and some are still trying to get the pipeline built. ("Senate Fails to Override Obama’s Keystone Pipeline Veto.") Its job The government to ensure the people future by making the right decision it comes to growing the economy. The government must …show more content…
Pollution is problem for everyone because it effect offend. Global warming is one effect of pollution even though most people say that them do not see it or feel it, but is a change to the environment. The temperature is slowly rising and even this can disturb the sense balance of nature, by causing stronger storms, shorting winter and extending summer, and lowering local water source levels and increasing the ocean level. The primarily caused by humans from the burning of fossil fuels. (Fischer, Douglas) “the oil that would move through the Keystone pipeline would add 18.7 million more metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere annually than would be produced by conventional oil,” (“Keystone Pipeline Pros, Cons and Steps to a Final Decision”) Fossil fuels make up most of the world’s energy for electricity and fuel to specify crude oil, coal, and natural gas, each one is different in efficiency, availability, and byproducts, and they are same because they are all burn to get to the energy out and the main byproduct is carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. (Fischer, Douglas) The more carbon dioxide in the faster temperature rises, so has the emission regulate carbon dioxide emission before it out of control. Also the other byproducts are harmful as to the environment as to human. When fossil fuels are burned they release hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide gases and heavy metals leave behind, when burned it release hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide the gases will mix with water in air to create acid rain that could scar or destroy forests, with second most biodiverse forest being in the U.S. it have to be protected. But its striped away and destroy for coal, it is worse fossil fuel because it does the most damage to the environment near and people and a solid byproduct that has nowhere where it can be store safely. Near the Appalachian mountains is where the most coal extracted and used, mountains are being

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