The area of my topic for my Capstone Project is the environment and the United States should stop the production of the North Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline is 1,172 miles long and it will transport 470,000 barrels of oil per day. The pipeline will begin in North Dakota, travel through South Dakota, and Iowa, and end in central Illinois.The pipeline will be placed through the Standing Rock Sioux land, which is in North Dakota, and the pipeline would affect their only water supply if the pipeline spills. I chose this area because the media doesn't show what is happening in North Dakota and I want people to be informed about what is going on in our country and stand with Standing Rock to end this battle. This issue is important to me because
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should stop the construction of the North Dakota Access Pipeline because it would break the hundred-year-old contract made with the Native Americans, it violates the ninth amendment, and cause irreversible damage to the environment. The focus of my paper is to go in dept about each point in my thesis. I plan to have quotes in my paper from people in government and some of the Sioux and I also plan to have facts about the pipeline and facts about what’s really happening with the pipeline in North Dakota. My faculty advisor who will lead me on the right path through this project is David Cullen, Mr. Cullen is my AP English IV …show more content…
I plan to add pictures of a demonstration of how oil can affect the water, sand, and dirt. I plan to talk about different cases where the water supply has been contaminated like the Dan River coal ash and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This product will be a challenge for me because I have no idea how to create a website or where to start. Lucky for me my expert in the field knows a little bit about how to create a website. My expert in the field is Dena Reid, she is the Superintendent of the City of Eden Water Filtration Plant. Mrs. Reid has been in the Water Industry for 28 years, and has worked for the City of Eden for the last 26 years. I know that she is the right person for the
should stop the construction of the North Dakota Access Pipeline because it would break the hundred-year-old contract made with the Native Americans, it violates the ninth amendment, and cause irreversible damage to the environment. The focus of my paper is to go in dept about each point in my thesis. I plan to have quotes in my paper from people in government and some of the Sioux and I also plan to have facts about the pipeline and facts about what’s really happening with the pipeline in North Dakota. My faculty advisor who will lead me on the right path through this project is David Cullen, Mr. Cullen is my AP English IV …show more content…
I plan to add pictures of a demonstration of how oil can affect the water, sand, and dirt. I plan to talk about different cases where the water supply has been contaminated like the Dan River coal ash and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This product will be a challenge for me because I have no idea how to create a website or where to start. Lucky for me my expert in the field knows a little bit about how to create a website. My expert in the field is Dena Reid, she is the Superintendent of the City of Eden Water Filtration Plant. Mrs. Reid has been in the Water Industry for 28 years, and has worked for the City of Eden for the last 26 years. I know that she is the right person for the