Rivers of Oil
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Rivers of Oil
Oil. It’s in your tires, your makeup, your kids’ toys, your gas tank. And the pipelines that get it to you have become the focus of growing protests, from Keystone XL to Dakota Access. On Rivers of Oil from Minnesota Public Radio News, we’ll look at those pipelines buried beneath our feet, how they’...
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6 episodes
5: The decision
The Line 3 project has gotten approval from Minnesota regulators. But the fight over this oil pipeline is far from over.
4: The rallying cry
In the early 2000s, the Keystone XL oil pipeline became one of the most powerful symbols in the fight against climate change. And since then, it's not...
3: The spark that ignited fires
Pipelines have become a potent issue for Native American and indigenous people, who are fighting them across North America. Part of the fight is over...
2: The largest inland spill
This story isn't just about the risks of transporting huge amounts of oil through pipelines. It's also about the reward that oil provides.
1: Pipes
Pipelines are everywhere: 2.5 million miles of them form a web under our feet, our rivers and our roads. They're at the forefront of an epic tug of wa...
Coming soon: Rivers of Oil, an MPR News podcast
All over the country, people are moving to camps in the woods, climbing trees, chaining themselves to bulldozers, all in the name of stopping an oil p...