DRILLING
How to Make a Hardware Store Drill Into a Surgical Tool
This attachment turns your everyday drill into a surgical tool.
Women Talk About What it's Like Working on an Offshore Oil Rig
"They just work you until you're broken and then you're done. It's very high turnover. It gets to a point where you weigh up your odds."
The Rise in Texas Earthquakes Is 'Almost Certainly' Due to Oil and Gas Drilling
New research shows the number of tremors is linked to the state's oil and gas boom — and the authors criticize Texas regulators for being "slow to acknowledge" the role of industry.
Crude L.A.: California's Urban Oil Fields
VICE News heads to Los Angeles to investigate the effects of urban oil drilling on local communities.
The Coming Fight Over Oil Drilling in the Great Australian Bight
An Australian Senate committee is going to look at a proposal from BP asking for permission to drill for oil off the country's southern coast, and activists are gearing up to push back against the energy company.
Oregon Militia Wants to 'Free' Occupied Land for Logging, But There Are No Trees
A brief lesson in biting the hand that feeds you.
Watch Conor McGregor and Gunnar Nelson’s Movement Drills
The “Master of Movement” masters his movement at SBG Ireland with coach Ido Portal.
Giant Prehistoric Viruses Could Be Awakened By Oil Drilling in Siberian Permafrost
The discovery of a 30,000-year-old virus buried 100 feet deep in Siberia has awakened fears that gas and oil drilling made easier by climate change could unleash a potentially deadly pathogen.
We Watched Greenpeace Park a Gigantic Polar Bear Outside Shell's London HQ This Morning
The protesters hope to remain locked up inside the double-decker bus-sized beast until Shell stops drilling in the Arctic.
Fucks Given By Jane Fonda, By Subject: Climate (Many); War (Many); Critics (Zero)
We sat down for a chat with the lifelong activist and at 78, Fonda is entering her cranky phase.
Oil Drilling Causes Longer-Lasting Damage to Landscapes Than We Thought
Oil and gas drilling destroys vegetation for longer than scientists had hoped, new research shows.
The Texas Legislature Wants to Charge Towns That Ban Fracking
Voters in Denton, Texas approved a ballot measure banning fracking within city limits — now the Texas legislature wants them, and any other city that bans the potentially hazardous drilling method, to pay for lost tax revenue.