The film, Last Stop at the Oasis, discusses some major problems effecting climate change today. These difficulties bring real challenges to the lives of many. I think climate change will only worsen the issues that were discussed in the film. The drought in California, unless there is a chance to reverse the damage that has already been done will continue to suffer. They might have rainy years, but overall they cannot bring back all the water that has been already used up. The water level in Lake Mead is also challenge. The reservoir which is the source of water to many people has seen the water level change drastically. There not only is it how much of it is being used up, its also the rate of how quickly it is consumed. In only a few decades the water level has dropped drastically. I don’t think a pipeline should be built because it don 't think it justifies shifting resources of one community to help the other. The problem will still exist and the pipeline is a very expensive limited time solution. There are other ways to try to fix the problem rather throwing so much money around. Regarding the farmers rights vs the fisherman 's rights, its a matter of what is more important right now. Yes the farmers should have access to ground water but the endangered fish, if they went extinct, might disrupt the ecosystem. There are other animals …show more content…
I love the idea of the new water. I think this is a viable option that can be applied to daily life. The water is clean and drinkable. From my own life, when I lived in India and we needed to get water we would use similar methods using rocks so the water was filtered and clean. The only hard point of this initiative would be to try and sell it to the general public. From the video, we could see not a lot of people were okay with the idea but I think if its marketed right people will consume it. If not, I don 't think at the end they will have much choice in consuming it either because that’s really all that will be
Although this idea would save enough money to keep Flint, Michigan from falling, the area in which they chose to get their supply from was “...notorious...for its filth.” ( Ganim & Tran 2). Many locals who live near the Flint River, are aware of how contaminated and unhygienic the water is. When citizens were told that the switch from Lake Huron to the Flint River would take place, they believed it was a joke. After the plan was put into action, locals began to immediately see a drastic change and were worried.
The Dakota Access Pipeline is a line to carry oil from an oil-rich area in North Dakota to the final destination in Illinois. This pipeline goes directly through culturally important areas in the Sioux Indian Reservation. Many people have protested against the project, but the Army Corps of Engineers keep giving it the go-ahead (Ellis). The Dakota Access Pipeline is an issue that is negatively affecting Native Americans. This project
President Obama. After interviewing with aNebraska news reporter, President Obama addressed that adding the pipeline will accommodate Unites State economy and will produce thousands of jobs, but the health and safety of the American people comes first. No need to build the pipeline that will be a danger to American citizens. The Pipeline will go through the Ogallala aquifer, which supplies one forth of drinking water key sources in Nebraska and the Midwest. Nebraska residents also supports the president and they will choose their children’s safety over a few jobs added if it will harm their kids by drinking potentially hazardous water that would damage their
Their lack of care for the Native American community and their sacred burial grounds have caused the people to see the pipeline as solely a money maker that will lead to further pollution. I would recommend them at least addressing the people’s concerns to make it seem like they are listening. After addressing them, they could use a strategy to increase their approval ratings based on the ideas of the people. Or they could create even more jobs by implementing green energy projects, but I’ll let that one go.
The sententious construction of the pipeline will help…”create thousands of jobs”(DAPL:top pros and cons). By implying more jobs, it allows many people to have the opportunity to have a workplace in which they can earn the money to pay off and bills presented. Even if the pipeline can produce more jobs, but the pipeline would not cause any major incidents. Once the Dakota Access Pipeline is bonded into place, workers wondered if there, shall be a decrease in ant incidents than other major pipeline that recently resulted in spillages. The DAPL both pros and cons, states that there is a new way of “oil freight ages…to major refining markets in a more productive way towards the environment.”
Another issue among the Keystone pipeline is the health and safety issues that it provides through its existence. Thoreau mentions in his essay that, “If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man,” (Thoreau, 956) which alludes to the fact that humans will die if they live with harmful effects over the years. The activists of the pipeline have mentioned multiple times to the government that the water supply will be contaminated. This is shown when an article writes, “The proposed pipeline route passes through the Ogallala Aquifer... A spill in this important body of water would contaminate drinking water and lead to serious health concerns and complications,” (All Risk, No Reward) which explains why so many activists are protesting this build.
The pipeline stretches about 1,100 miles and is about 90 percent complete. At the uncompleted part of the pipe, protestors have been persistent in voicing their opinions on the matter. The main subject of the protest is the land itself; the land is a little ways away from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Presented in a public meeting about the Dakota Access Pipeline, information about soil contamination specific to the area provides proof of destructive pipelines from the past. The land where the unfinished pipeline is part of their ancestor’s homeland and the construction of the pipeline is controversial not only because of the land’s history but also because of previous pipeline spills that caused contamination in the land and soil in May 2015.
Flint Water Crisis: I am interested in this topic because it has been in the news a lot in the past few years and I am curious as to why it has taken so long to be fixed because it still is not safe to this day. People have not had access to safe drinking water since 2014, and people should have indefinite access to safe drinking water. I would like learn more about what has been done by the government to help and why it has taken so long. This water crisis mainly violates is Article 25, which gives all people the right to an adequate standard of living, so that they can live a healthy life.
“Benefits of Governmental Compromise Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline” Nations all have unique governments and differences necessary for demonstrating successful leadership. Every country needs different assistance from their leadership, such as Rio requiring infrastructure or Somalia lacking political power. Some governments concern themselves with their politicians’ well-being more so than the people they lead, which creates a relevant problem in America. The United States Government can easily forget about Native American Reservations, or even ignore the people living on them. Recently, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has worked on the Dakota Access Pipeline project, which would cross over Native American ancestral lands,
The Colorado river compact in 1922 was an agreement among seven U.S. states in the basin of the Colorado River in the American SouthWest governing the allocation of the water rights. The West Slope has its own “gap” of water needs with no identified source of supply. West Slope agriculture, for instance, is already short by 100,000 acre feet per year. Any new diversions could worsen the situation and contribute to the loss of more West Slope farms. Lake Powell and Lake Mead,
TAPS transports 17% of the United State’s domestic petroleum. If the pipeline were to stop, “A loss of that production would increase prices by at least 10 to 16 percent” (Balan). This is very important, as the majority of the American population is in constant need of these resources. A shift this dramatic in the economy would lead to outrage and possible changes in economic inflation. All in all, the Trans Alaska pipeline has provided for a great number of people and has not failed to let them down.
In another article written by Amanda Macmillan summarizes the effects global warming has on nature due to the cause of overload of carbon dioxide and forest deforestation. First, the text states earth’s rising “temperatures are fueling longer and hotter heat waves, more frequent droughts, heavier rainfall, and more powerful hurricanes”, which is not good news for us living here on planet earth. And it doesn’t stop there-there are also the effects of global warming creating even more “intense allergy seasons”, and the frequent sea level rise happening around the world.obviously these problems are not convenient for us we shouldn’t ignore this any more change must come. Other major examples found on a website called livescience.com it states “heavier flooding and precipitation” will come in result of global warming, and over the last 100 years the global temp has gone up .4 degrees celsius. These stats might not seem like a lot but they are having drastic effects on our
Climate change is an irreversible consequence of the damage we do to our Earth. If we do not change our ways, the global temperature will swell, causing an unchangeable series of events, consecrating detriments onto all the existence upon Earth. In only about 140 years, the average global temperature has increased 0.8 degrees celsius, and the ramification is the irreparable destruction of the place where we and millions of other species live. The most important consequence of climate change is the global increase in temperature and how that is affecting various animal species all over the Earth, the health of humans, and the rapid rise of sea level.
To help the world we should now sell the water, which will make a big impact on the world. Firstly, once the government gets the
In lecture, the topic of climate change was discussed, as well as its effects on the environment. Climate change occurs with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations and leads to an increase in global temperature. This global increase can cause rising sea levels, altered rainfall patterns, and increases in droughts, fires, and floods. The main theme for the film is activism, which is similar to a topic discussed in class. In class, discussions were held about how humans can respond to climate change.