Nation Jun 07 Pipeline battle brews in Minnesota between Indigenous tribes and a major oil company By Stephanie Sy, David Coles, Patty Gorena Morales
Politics Jan 18 Watch Could Keystone Pipeline Plan Be Revived After Obama’s Rejection? President Obama denied TransCanada Corp.'s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline Wednesday, a project that would have carried oil 1,700 miles from the tar sands of Canada to refineries in Port Arthur, Texas. Hari Sreenivasan discusses the president's decision…
Science Oct 10 Watch Environment, Economy at Heart of Keystone XL Pipeline Debate A Canadian company wants to build a $13 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from the so-called tar sands region in Alberta through six states and a major aquifer to Texas for refining. Correspondent Tom Bearden reports from Nebraska…
Science Nov 16 Watch Canadian Oil Sands Produce Economic Benefits, Environmental Costs Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago looks at the economic benefits and the environmental costs of oil production in Canada's Alberta province.