Oil pipelines

Enbridge Energy Line 3 protest

Native tribes in Minnesota pledge to continue fighting new Line 3 pipeline

Environment

Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to Wisconsin, if completed, is facing strong opposition from Native American tribes and environmental activists.

Keystone pipeline spill

Keystone oil spill casts doubt on the safety of proposed Keystone XL pipeline

Environment
Valve Turners in Minnesota

The ‘valve turners’: Activists faced jail time to briefly stop the flow of Canadian crude oil

Pipeline protest

US oil producers race to build infrastructure while nationwide protests mount

Economics
Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline

Protesters say mass arrests won’t stop their fight against a North Dakota oil pipeline

Justice
Militant Islamist fighters from the self-named Islamic State take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province.

Why you should worry about where your oil (and gas) comes from

Business

Oil fuels your car, heats your home. It’s in toys, cosmetics, some clothes, most plastics. But it too often comes from places where people are suffering or indirectly funding terror. What can you do? An author has some ideas.

The Keystone Oil Pipeline is pictured under construction in North Dakota.

A decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is almost here

Environment

As the country decides whether or not to move forward with the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, America Abroad hosts a special binational Town Hall on the topic to hear perspectives from all sides of the issue.

Oil pipeline from Canada could be election issue for Obama

Environment

The oil pipeline running from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico would provide oil and create jobs, but environmentalists want President Obama to say no to project.

The Living On Earth Alamanc

Facts about… An 800 mile trek along the TransAlaskan oil pipeline.

The World

Ecuador Pipeline

Reese Erlich reports on the efforts by a group of oil companies to build a new oil pipeline in Ecuador and the almost daily protests that follow the construction project.