VICE · SEASON 2

The Resource Curse & Deliver Us from Drought

Episode 8 · 2014-05-09

★ 9.0
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Episode overview

As humanity’s appetite for energy grows exponentially, the extraction industry scrambles to the most remote regions on Earth to satisfy demand. In the undeveloped Melanesian country of Papua New Guinea, America’s Exxon Mobil has staked its claim to a $19 billion dollar liquid natural-gas project expected to start production in late 2014. Vikram Gandhi heads to Papua New Guinea to investigate. Over in Texas, Thomas Morton investigates the climate catastrophe, and discovers firsthand the local responses, which often involve reaching out for divine intervention.

30 minutes

Season 2 episodes

1. The Afghan Money Pit & the Pacification of Rio2014-03-14 2. Greenland Is Melting & Bonded Labor2014-03-21 3. American Scrap & Children of the Drones2014-03-28 4. A Syria of Their Own & White Gold2014-04-04 5. Terrorist University & Armageddon Now2014-04-11 6. Rocky Mountain High & North Korean Defectors2014-04-25 7. The Pink Gang Rebellion & Genetic Passport2014-05-02 8. The Resource Curse & Deliver Us from Drought2014-05-09 9. Crude Awakening & The Enemy of My Enemy2014-05-16 10. Playing with Nuclear Fire & No Man Left Behind2014-05-23 11. Heroin Warfare & The Coldest War2014-06-06 12. Surveillance City & The Forgotten War2014-06-13