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This article explains the pros and cons of oil pipelines in the united states.It details costs for maintaining the 2.5 million miles of pipe and cleanup when these pipes fail. The environmental concerns of proponents, and the casualties caused by their inevitable demise through corrosion due to weather and age. This article sites information and data gathered from federal and private environmental agency's and groups outlining the risks of Americas aging and extensive energy pipelines. The scary part is how little oversight on the safety and maintenance these company's who advocate for the safety of these pipes are given. While a slew of federal and state agencies oversee some aspect of America's pipelines, the bulk of government monitoring and enforcement falls to a small agency within the Department of Transportation called the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The agency is understaffed and lacks the resources to adequately monitor the millions of miles of pipelines over which it does have authority.

The article talks about a book on how animals should have rights as in equal consideration. Animals have the ability to suffer as well as a human being. Why should or should not animals have rights?

I loved this! Animals have such a huge place in my heart and definitely deserve all the rights as us humans do. I hate hearing stories or seeing videos posted on Facebook of animals being neglected.. I don't understand how some people can do such a thing to an animal who cannot even defend themselves. They just want to be loved and nurtured.

The article made some great points. Animals do suffer. They feel pain and fear. Because of this, they definitely should be given rights. Like the article stated, I grew up eating meat, but have made the transition into vegetarianism thanks to my wife who is a vegan. All it took was for me to be educated on where our meat is coming from and the conditions of the animals being slaughtered. If people could read these types of articles and watch documentaries like "Earthlings" and "Cowspiracy" I am sure they might also consider vegetarianism or veganism.

President Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to revive the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines. Controversy around bill from within legislation as well as outside. What new executive orders mean for the pipeline crisis.

This article talks about how trump pardoned arpio. Arpio was being held in regards to him and his team detaining people based on their suspicion that those people were in the country illegally. It also talks about how arpio wants to run for office again

This article can be taken many different ways. Arpio being pardoned is not something that is for the better of this state and as a country. Everyone needs to be held accountable for their actions, and when people are being let off so easily just as Arpio is, it is not fair for the rest of us.

As the article stated, not much can be done now that Joe Arpaio has been pardoned. I do believe, however, that this dismissal ought to unify Arizona residents in the fight against racial profiling. Whether a victim of Arpaio's practices or not, he committed an unethical crime and is not only being "forgiven," but given the opportunity for a fresh start which does not follow the American justice system.

The societal structure and the culture of a nation play a significant role in police making for the impoverished. People living below the poverty line are not poor as a direct result of bad decisions and laziness. An individual cannot simply think there way out of poverty. There must be an energy put toward overcoming cultural biases and send the message that no one achieves significant change alone.

The article informs readers how climate change is causing more severe natural disasters such as stronger hurricanes. Methods to be prepared for such tragedies are being looked at.

The greenhouse effect refers to the way the Earth's atmosphere traps and absorbs solar energy

More people need to show attention to these issues and start caring before the world goes into a state that we can't turn back from or fix.

The author takes a third person perspective on the topic, and seems to provide many technical details about the idea of a TWR reactor. The Traveling Wave reactor seems to be an answer to finding clean power (does not release greenhouse gases) and it runs on depleted Uranium. It is a nuclear reactor being developed by TerraPower which is a startup energy company helped by the Bill and Melinda Foundation. While the author does seem to write from a unbiased perspective, they seem to support the development of this reactor.