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Trump pushes natural gas deal between China and Alaska, but obstacles remain

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Alaska has the largest oil field in North America, with an 800-mile pipeline that moves the oil from the far North Slope to Valdez. A proposed deal with China would build a new pipeline to transport natural gas.

Arkansas Oil Spill Raises New Keystone Questions

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Another Oil Pipeline Runs into Political Debate in Canada

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Wear and Tear on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

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Oil’s Future in Alaska

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

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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.

Native Corporations

In the 1960s, to clear the way for the Trans-Alaskan Oil Pipeline, Congress gave Native Alaskans control of 10 percent of the state’s land. Tribal members were required to form for-profit corporations and produce income by logging, mining and drilling. The dividends were welcome, but many tribal members say the corporations eroded their relationship to […]

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