In searching #keystoneXL in Google News for relevant articles within the past week, only one cropped up\u00a0written by Jenn Rose for the news site Romper, an online guide to new mothers. Rose’s article titled “How Long Is The Keystone XL Pipeline? It Spans More Than 1,000 Miles” does little more than inform preoccupied new-moms on what the Keystone XL project is and its movement throughout the beginning weeks of Trump’s presidency. Looking deeper in hopes of additional relevant articles from reputable news sources, I widened the search to the last month,\u00a0finding an article from BNN (Business News Network) “Trudeau backs Keystone XL plans after Trump signs executive order”.\u00a0With US President Trump advancing construction of the Keystone XL project with access to Dakota, Prime Minister Trudeau voices his support for the US construction expansion and how Canada can\u00a0mutually benefit without jeopardizing their environmental goals. However, a primary reason for supporting Trump’s Keystone project is credited to his formal invitation for the pipeline manufacturer TransCanada Corp. to re-apply for a permit. Later throughout this article outlines the longtime defensiveness of former President Barack Obama to maintain an environmental global change movement and also prevent the destruction of American land and resources. It was unfortunate to have found so little relevant news articles on the hashtag, however I did find it interesting that what was found mainly\u00a0clarified the recent orders Trump has been quickly enacting to advance his Keystone project,\u00a0rather than pieces reporting on the rising activism and debates within communities across the entire nation on the issue.<\/p>\n
When searching news within the past week on my hashtag topic, many more results cropped up. An article written by Art Berman at Forbes, “Keystone Pipeline is a Risky Bet On Higher Oil Prices”. Berman presents old data of oil sand expansion projects in conjunction with oil prices, as well as light oil analysis, over time to point out that the expectation that prices will migrate higher and the volume of oil will be met by the construction’s completion is an unlikely outlook, making this investment worth questioning. Another news article found from the Chicago Tribune, written by Stanford Levin, outlines and heavily supports the environmental and economical impacts of the Keystone project. Conducting a search on the hashtag topic gave insight to the current debates that are going on throughout the United States in relation to the political advancement of the Keystone project, reaching\u00a0facets like environmental, economical, and global relations.<\/p>\n
Expanding my Google search for news in 2006 didn’t result in a single article related to the Keystone XL project. While I did not expect a ton of news on the topic from 2006 as it had been pretty shutdown in Obama’s presidential environmental policies, I was hoping for some contrasting articles on the subject. However, the lack of past information makes the data being found currently all that more valuable to the overall topic and how it is becoming a critical part of our country’s history as we speak.<\/p>\n
In the context of Marres’ and Weltevrede’s article in association with the data I have collected thus far it appears that much of it is chronicling the liveliness of the issue as it progresses politically day-by-day. While some of the tweets retrieved are informing the political steps in the project being finalized as they go through Trump’s office, more are found expressing the activism and the emotional standpoints related to those events.\u00a0Being able to understand the many views of how America, and other countries as well, are interpreting this current issue and their responses, are extremely fascinating and provides an intriguing\u00a0story to how the data being collected for #keystoneXL is being utilized to send a wide genre of messages.<\/p>\n
Rose, Jenn. 2017. “How Long Is The Keystone XL Pipeline? It Spans More Than 1,000 Miles”.\u00a0Romper<\/i>. https:\/\/www.romper.com\/p\/how-long-is-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-it-spans-more-than-1000-miles-33686.<\/p>\n
BNN,. 2017. “Trudeau Backs Keystone XL Plans After Trump Signs Executive Order – Article – BNN”.\u00a0BNN<\/i>. http:\/\/www.bnn.ca\/a-good-day-for-canada-trump-revives-keystone-xl-pipeline-1.656864.<\/p>\n
Berman, Art. 2017. “Forbes Welcome”.\u00a0Forbes.Com<\/i>. https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/arthurberman\/2017\/02\/03\/the-keystone-xl-pipeline-a-risky-bet-on-higher-oil-prices-and-tight-oil\/#398b39d67f88.<\/p>\n
Levin, Stanford. 2017. “Keystone XL, Dakota Access Pipelines: Good For The Environment And The U.S.”.\u00a0Chicagotribune.Com<\/i>. http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/opinion\/commentary\/ct-keystone-xl-dakota-access-pipelines-perspec-0131-md-20170130-story.html.<\/p>\n