Keystone Pipeline

Ocean acidification is described by many scientists as a consequence of rapid increase of carbon dioxide absorbed into the ocean. As ocean acidity increases, its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere decreases. This decreases the ocean 's role in moderating climate change, "they write (Cullinane.1). As serious as this may seem several damaging effects are happening to the oceans as we speak. The most important creatures in the ocean’s ecosystem like coral are being depleted and…

The United States was one of four countries who originally did not sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, (UNDRIP) in 2007; it has since signed but has not fully committed to the Document. This begs the question, is the United States in compliance with this Declaration? The United States was the last country to endorse the UNDRIP in 2010, three years after its ratification. The UNDRRIP was established to help aboriginal populations save their culture and…

country. One example of peaceful resistance is in regards to President Trump issuing an executive order in relation to the Dakota and Keystone XL Pipelines, which called for the U.S. State Department to “take all actions necessary and appropriate to facilitate its expeditious review.”(Blackmon). Many peaceful protesters were arrested on the sites of the pipelines after they refused to leave the premises (Eilperin). Overall, peaceful resistance to laws has had a positive impact in repealing…

This is an oil pipeline system that reside in Canada and the US. It runs under the land of about six tribes. The tribes that the oil pipeline runs through claim that the US has failed to inform them of what they were going to do, being that that land is theirs. The government is mistreating the Native Americans by taking their…

government’s problem because the movement for change infiltrates the legal and judicial systems. If you have hundreds of people being arrested while protesting the construction of a pipeline that would poison drinking water or uproot Native American burial grounds like we saw with the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Keystone XL Pipeline, for example, politicians are a lot more likely to take a second look at why there is opposition to the project and what alternatives may exist in order to quell…

United States. Movements for the environment are still happening, for example “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” (PETA), Those out to stop whale hunters and also a major movement making mainstream media is the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. These movements spring up from individuals that are vested in the interest and continuation of animal life and rights. Those conscious about the human…

1. H.R. 1013: Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol Act 2. The Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol Act is a bill that would change how marijuana would be viewed from a legal standpoint. The Attorney General would need to issue a final order that removes marijuana in any form from all schedules of controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act. (opencongress.org) Marijuana would be decriminalized at the federal level, leaving it up to states to regulate it in a way that is similar to the…

the United States. For example, in the white house, “Fifty-two environmental activists were arrested Monday in front of the White House as part of an ongoing protest calling on the Obama administration to reject a permit for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline project.” People now know and learn that even if it is for things that not everyone pays attention to, if it comes down to protesting there will be attention drawn and the government will be forced to look into the issue. That is the whole…

In this section of the course we have been moving away from the frameworks and thought traps in EcoMind, and into accountability and action taking. We have examined this process through several readings in Andrés Edwards book, Thriving Beyond Sustainability: pathways to a resilient society, as well as the article “Childhood’s End” by Tom Prugh. Edwards examines how we as a society can do more than live sustainably; how we can truly begin to thrive in our society and go beyond simply creating…

Native Americans have long struggled to preserve their culture along with their lands due to foreign intervention. Author Kelli Mosteller wrote “ For Native Americans, Land Is More Than Just The Ground Beneath Their Feet, “ and in the article she argues that keeping Native American land under Native American control would result in the prosperity of their culture. In this essay, I will examine the methods Mosteller used to prove her argument and establish herself as a credible source. I believe…