"TIED TO THE LAND": PIPELINES, PLAINS AND PLACE ATTACHMENT.

Since first proposed, the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines have been extensively covered by the media, shaping readers' perceptions of the pipelines, as well as perceptions of the places and peoples impacted by them. Using critical discourse analysis, this paper examines the media coverage, their Plains descriptions, and expressions of place attachment. Through the media's use of "place talk," it presents a hybrid Plains: placeless, yet with a strongly place-attached population who are "tied to the land." As conflicts over environmental and energy projects become increasingly contentious, place and place attachment are important for understanding the conflicts and potentially mobilizing resistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]