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Three Other Oil and Gas Pipelines, and What They Put at Risk
With all eyes turned to the Dakota Access Pipeline, three oil and gas projects have been making steady headway.
A Saskatchewan River Oil Spill Is About to Cut off Another Town’s Main Water Supply
A Husky Energy pipeline dumped an estimated 200,000 litres of crude into North Saskatchewan River. Efforts to contain it aren't going so well.
Crude L.A.: California's Urban Oil Fields (Trailer)
Coming Soon: VICE News heads to Los Angeles to investigate the effects of urban oil drilling on local communities.
The Loonie Is Plunging, and Oil Is Dirt Cheap in Canada
The loonie, as the Canadian dollar is known, could slip below 70 cents against the American dollar for the first time since April 2003.
Oil-Patch States Are Feeling the Pain As Crude Prices Plunge
Nowhere in the United States is the plummeting price of crude oil causing a bigger problem than in Alaska, where the state is facing a $3.5 billion shortfall in its upcoming $5 billion budget.
In Photos: Earthquakes in Oklahoma
With 585 noticeable earthquakes in 2014, and 2015 set to top that record this month, Oklahoma is now the most seismically active US state.
Azerbaijan Is Trying to Attract Tourism with Its Crude Oil Spas
While getting your crude oil all over the place is usually frowned upon, there's one town in Azerbaijan that's tied its fortune to dunking tourists in the stuff.
Here's Why Canada's Oil Is Worse Than America's
A study by the US Department of Energy, the University of California, and Stanford University says fuel derived from Alberta's tar sands is about 20 percent more carbon intensive then fuel made from US crude oil.
Colombian Military Chopper Destroyed, Killing 4, in Rising Rebel Attacks on Oil Targets
The Black Hawk helicopter was carrying soldiers to safeguard a pipeline that had been struck by the FARC rebel group when a mine beneath it was reportedly detonated remotely.
Canada's Oil Rig Slowdown (Excerpt from 'Alberta’s Boom Time Hangover’)
Oil and gas exploration is slowing down in Alberta. VICE News meets the CEO of a small oil and gas company who's keeping his drills in operation, despite the declining oil prices.
Alberta's Boom Time Hangover
Canada sells 99 percent of its oil — its number one export — to the United States. Does that make good business sense?