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Lesson Plan August 01 2023

Lesson plan: Historic oil spills and their aftermath

Learn about the consequences of fossil fuels

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Daily Video March 19 2019

What does opportunity look like? Student journalists explore pipeline jobs in West Virginia

Essential question: How have energy projects like the gas pipeline impacted young people in West Virginia? Find out with this NewsHour lesson plan.

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Daily Video December 07 2016

After victory, Standing Rock protesters remain at camp

On Sunday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which would have come a half a mile south of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota. Instead, the Corps said it would begin to explore alternative routes.

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Daily Video September 12 2016

Native American tribes band together to block oil pipeline

Unrest in North Dakota persists as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe continues to protest the building of an oil pipeline that would threaten its culture and health.

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Daily Video October 19 2015

How ISIS steals oil to stay in power

The Islamic State (ISIS) finances much of its military operation through the selling and siphoning off of oil in Iraq and Syria.

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Daily Video July 07 2015

Why North Dakota's oil fields are so dangerous

DOWNLOAD VIDEO By Gabby Shacknai At least 74 people have died working in North Dak…

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Post April 22 2011

Earth Day Coincides With Heated Debates Over Environmental Rules

An oil spill in California was behind the creation of the first Earth Day in 1970. Now, 41 years la…

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