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Mar 12, 20141 min read
Radioactive Waste From Bakken Oil Fields Raises Concerns About Local Water Contamination
By Katie Rucke Editor’s note: Some names have been changed in this article to protect the identities of certain individuals who came to...
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Feb 24, 20145 min read
Welcome to the new North Dakota; enjoy our ‘growing pains’
http://m.bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/clay-jenkinson/welcome-to-the-new-north-dakota-enjoy-our-growing-pains/article_77714726-940d...
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Jan 30, 20141 min read
No Pipe Dream: Is Fracking About to Arrive on Your Doorstep?
Daniel Foster / Flickr)For the past several years, I’ve been writing about what happens when big oil and gas corporations drill where...
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Jan 24, 20141 min read
Radioactive Waste Dumped by Oil Companies Is Seeping Out of the Ground in North Dakota
There have been 300 oil spillages in the state since 2011, and now that toxic waste is coming back up. Click http://www.alternet.org/radi...
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Jan 7, 20141 min read
Exclusive: Permit Shows Bakken Shale Oil in Casselton Train Explosion Contained High Levels of Volat
On January 2, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a major safety alert, declaring oil obtained...
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Dec 31, 20133 min read
Train Derailment Causes Fiery Destruction In Casselton, ND
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/30/train-derailment_n_4520730.html By DAVE KOLPACK 12/30/13 09:54 PM ET EST Valley News Live –...
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Oct 30, 20131 min read
North Dakota Fails to Disclose Hundreds of Oil Spills to the Public
A September oil pipeline spill is calling into question North Dakota’s lack of disclosure laws, which have allowed nearly 300 spills in...
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Oct 15, 20132 min read
Drugs, crime rings follow US oil boom
http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/drugs-crime-rings-follow-us-oil-boom A new front is emerging in the fight against drug trafficking as...
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Oct 15, 20131 min read
ND farmer finds oil spill while harvesting wheat
http://news.msn.com/us/nd-farmer-finds-oil-spill-while-harvesting-wheat?ocid=msnnws N.D.’s response to an oil spill the size of seven...
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Oct 11, 20131 min read
Over 865,200 Gallons of Fracked Oil Spill in North Dakota, Public in Dark for Days Due to Government
Friday, 11 October 2013 10:32 By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog | Report Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
WORKER SAFETY: Oil and gas deaths reached record high in 2012
EnergyWire: Friday, August 23, 2013 The oil and gas industry lost a record number of workers on the job last year, according to new...
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Sep 8, 20131 min read
The Flip Side Of Obama’s Keystone XL Delay
Even as President Obama cast a veneer of caution over the Keystone pipeline’s northern half, he quietly expedited dozens of similar...
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Jul 27, 20133 min read
Is The Bakken Profitable?
http://energypolicyforum.org/2013/04/07/is-the-bakken-profitable/ By Deborah Rogers When the price of natural gas tanked due to severe...
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Jul 21, 20131 min read
Cleanup of 2006 ND saltwater spill still ongoing
By JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press Updated 1:39 pm, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 FILE – In this Jan. 12, 2007, file photo Ned Hermanson...
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May 5, 20131 min read
Faster Drilling, Diminishing Returns in Shale Plays Nationwide?
Today’s shale gas boom has brought a surge of drilling across the US, driving natural gas prices to historic lows over the past couple of...
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Mar 28, 20131 min read
Bakken Watch from North Dakota
The Bakken Oil Field is the name of the oil field in North Dakota being developed via new, unconventional drilling processes. Some...
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Mar 28, 201316 min read
Fracking Our Food Supply
Fracking Our Food Supply Elizabeth Royte November 28, 2012Â Â | Â Â The Nation In a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant...
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Mar 27, 20132 min read
News Release: Massive Fracking for Oil May Begin Soon in Central & Northwest Illinois
News Release/For Immediate Release March 27, 2013 Written & Submitted by: Annette McMichael, Communications Director for SAFE...
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Mar 25, 20131 min read
Insight: The fight for North Dakota’s fracking-water market
CLICK ON THIS LINK to go to this important report from Reuters
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