A journey along the Keystone XL pipeline, exploring oil booms, environmental stakes, and diverse American voices.
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A journey along the Keystone XL pipeline, exploring oil booms, environmental stakes, and diverse American voices.
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In BOOM, prize-winning reporter Tony Horwitz takes a spirited road trip through the wild new frontier of energy in North America. His journey begins in subarctic Alberta, where thousands of miners labor in an industrial moonscape to extract the region's oil-rich tar sands. Horwitz then follows the route of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline that may carry tar-sands oil from Canada across Montana, the Dakotas, and Nebraska en route to Gulf Coast refineries. Horwitz's 4,000 mile adventure brings hi...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Brief mentions of strippers and implied sexual contexts in oil boom towns.
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted.
Profanity
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Mild profanity likely in conversations with workers; not central.
Substance use
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Brief references to alcohol use among oilfield workers.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy elements present.
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present.
Political content
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Strong focus on environmental, economic, and political debates over oil pipelines.
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources.
Abuse & suffering
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Mentions of systemic issues affecting Native Americans and farmers.
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