Dakota Access Pipeline

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Introduction
Pros
- Pro 1: Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline will help the economy and create thousands of jobs.
- Pro 2: Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline will help the United States to become more energy independent.
- Pro 3: The Dakota Access Pipeline will make transporting oil from North Dakota to major refining markets safer, more cost effective, and more environmentally friendly.
Cons
- Con 1: The Dakota Access Pipeline threatens the water supply of the Standing Rock Sioux and millions of people downstream.
- Con 2: The Dakota Access Pipeline is being built on sacred land guaranteed to the Oceti Sakowin (Sioux) by treaty.
- Con 3: The Dakota Access Pipeline will worsen climate change by pumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of shale oil to market daily.
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