The #DakotaAccessPipeline refers to the constant tension in favor and against the $3.7 million pipeline project close to the Native Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The pipeline project would carry over 450 thousand barrels of oil from North Dakota to Illinois, where it would connect to other pipelines. There are mostly two sides on this controversial topic.
Steve Sack (The Week)#cartoon #DakotaAccessPipeline pic.twitter.com/fzwsx9g3dM
— Hennie Kriel (@LittleManKriel) November 4, 2016
The ones in favor, mostly supporting the company in charge of the project, argue that this project would bring millions of dollars to the local economies and create more than eight thousand construction jobs. These two tweets show the support to the project.
Our economy needs more pipelines, like #DakotaAccessPipeline, to meet energy needs – not more political theatre. https://t.co/MMDGQsII2k
— Jay Timmons (@JayTimmonsNAM) September 1, 2016
We need oil and domestic oil is good for the economy. Get over yourselves. #DakotaAccessPipeline
— Jordan (@SenatorSpringer) October 28, 2016
Meanwhile, on the other side, a lot of people are supporting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. This tribe argues that the pipeline threads is an environmental and cultural thread. The route of the pipeline destroys sacred land where their ancestors were buried. These tweets show the support to the Native group.
i don't care how many jobs the #DakotaAccessPipeline will create or help the economy when people's LIVES and our PLANET are at stake #NoDAPL
— Allison Floyd (@AllisonRFloyd) October 27, 2016
#DAPL Is The Continuation Of "Systemic Genocide" #NoDAPL #DakotaAccessPipeline #WaterIsLife https://t.co/wv4bSDdajG
— The Young Turks (@TheYoungTurks) November 6, 2016
https://t.co/KZMuN8ud4F
Cost of #policing #DakotaAccessPipeline reaches $10 ml. Think of it as investment in poisoning the planet— John Clarke (@JohnOCAP) November 4, 2016