Krall, Allie. (2021, August 7). Oil pipeline protest in Green Bay aimed at stopping construction, protecting land and water. First Alert, pp. 1–2. From https://www.wbay.com/2021/08/07/oil-pipeline-protest-green-bay-stop-construction-protect-land-water/

In Green Bay,  Wisconsin, there are numerous protests going on over the construction of oil pipelines. These pipelines are very poorly built and according to the JOSHUA Environmental Justice Task Force,  Justice Peche,  “There has never been a pipeline that doesn’t leak.” The leakage of these oil pipelines has been extremely destructive to the wild rice fields in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Furthermore, these pipelines are coming all the way from Alberta, Canada to Wisconsin,  transporting crude oil and natural gas liquids.  Additionally, they’re violating the rights of the citizens that live there by destroying their land and ability to hunt, fish, and gather on. Overall, this issue not only affects climate change, but it affects the importance of human rights as well. 

 

Unfortunately, this article details another instance of oil leakage in the US and how badly it is affecting the people around it. I completely stand for the people protesting for the removal of these oil pipelines as it has been creating problems for everyone living near that area of Green Bay. The toxicity of oil is ridiculously unhealthy as it can create a lot of health problems and even cancer if the people are overly exposed. Moreover, the fact that the oil could be potentially getting into your food such as the rice is just plainly unacceptable.  In all, oil is just so bad in all cases as it affects our environment, our health, and our world.