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Shell's Jack Pine Mine near Fort MacKay, Alberta. The largest trucks are called "heavy haulers" and a driver has to climb a stairway about 21 feet to reach the cab. The wheels are 13 feet tall. Each heavy hauler can hold 400 tons of material. It takes 2 tons of oil sands material to produce one barrel of oil.

Between Cheap Gas And Carbon Caps, Oil Sands Face Uncertain Fate

Canada's potentially lucrative oil sands business faces serious economic challenges. It has some concerned about its future as environmental critics look for ways to keep the oil in the ground.

Roasted pumpkin tacos from chef Wes Avila's cookbook, <em>Guerrilla Tacos</em>.

'Guerrilla Tacos': Street Food With A High-End Pedigree

Wes Avila is leading a new wave of LA chefs: children of immigrants, classically trained in French cuisine, who blur the lines between high and low. His acclaimed food truck now has a cookbook.

If Parents In Taiwan Are OK With Their Kids' Sex Ed Class, Why Are Others So Upset?

Despite being one of the first places in Asia to recognize same-sex unions and require schools to teach sex education, Taiwanese society is having a hard time catching up.

Wes Avila behind the wheel of the Guerrilla Taco food truck, a 1983 Chevy painted Dodgers blue.On the menu you'll find tacos with wild boar and thick-cut bacon, wild porcini mushroom and corn quesadillas, and Thai snapper tostadas.

'Guerrilla Tacos': Street Food With A High-End Pedigree

Wes Avila is leading a new wave of LA chefs: children of immigrants, classically trained in French cuisine, who blur the lines between high and low. His acclaimed food truck now has a cookbook.

If Parents In Taiwan Are OK With Their Kids' Sex Ed Class, Why Are Others So Upset?

Despite being one of the first places in Asia to recognize same-sex unions and require schools to teach sex education, Taiwanese society is having a hard time catching up.

A GOES-East satellite image taken of Hurricane Irma on Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. ET, and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Irma Tears A Path Of Destruction Through Parts Of The Caribbean

The storm slammed into St. Martin but largely spared Antigua and Barbuda, where residents had been prepared for the worst.

Yes, this is a story about the budget — read on.

Winners And Losers Tucked Inside The Spending And Taxing Bills

Conservatives don't like the price tag and liberals don't like the priorities. Still, Congress is making quick progress on a massive legislative push affecting government spending and business taxes.

<strong> </strong>The Sardar Sweet Shop in Varanasi, India,<strong> </strong>was built around a neem tree considered too holy to cut down. Customers flow in and out, barely noticing the imposing tree. In rural parts, people use the neem tree's leaves to repel insects, the sap for stomach pain and the branches to brush their teeth. As for the candy shop sweets, Diane Cook says they were "fabulous."

PHOTOS: Trees That Tell Stories About The World We Live In

In Wise Trees, a book by photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, you'll see a holy tree in the middle of an Indian candy shop, a communal tree in Mozambique, a tree of tragedy in Cambodia.

Former CIA Director John Brennan appears before a House hearing in May. He told a public policy conference on Friday that Trump associates should have known better than to meet with a Russian lawyer last year.

'In Some Respects, We're A Nation In Crisis Right Now,' Former CIA Director Says

Two government veterans Friday unloaded on President Trump, his approach to Russia and his disparagement of the U.S. intelligence community. They spoke to the Aspen Security Forum.

Children frolic at a plaza with a fountain in Managua.

How Can Nicaragua Be So Happy When It Has A Stack Of Sad Statistics?

The latest World Happiness Report says Nicaragua made the greatest gains in happiness of any country — to the surprise of some Nicaraguans.

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