The Dakota pipeline is a 1,172 mile pipeline designed to carry over 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day from North Dakota to Illinois, and will cost around $3.8 billion to construct. The pipeline is full of ethical issues because the tribes were not properly consulted before construction began, and the pipeline passes within half a mile of the reservation, through burial sites and sacred landmarks, and crosses the Missouri River and Lake Oahe, which provide the tribe’s drinking water.It is due to be completed by the end of the year but runs through Native American grounds, where they argue possible oil leaks could contaminate their drinking water that comes from the Missouri Rive and Lake Oahe.
Because oil leaks into a community's water supply
Because oil leaks into a community's water supply