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North Dakota oil boom brings worry to Theodore Roosevelt National Park
2013-11-02 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: On a stretch of ranchland nestled in the North Dakota Badlands, under dark, star-filled night skies, serene landscape and solitude, Theodore Roosevelt formed his strong conservationist ideals more than a century ago. But the night skies around the former president's Elkhorn Ranch, referred to as the "cradle of conservation" by environmentalists and historians, now glow orange. From some of the highest points in what is now Theodore Roosevelt National Park, dozens of natural gas flares are visible...
North Dakota Democrats Want Required Spill Reporting
2013-11-01 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: North Dakota Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday that they will seek bipartisan legislation to require regulators to publicly report all oil spills and other hazardous leaks. "We believe that openness and transparency build public trust rather than causing alarm," Senate Minority Leader Mac Schneider said. The move comes after officials took nearly two weeks to tell the public about a Tesoro Corp. pipeline rupture discovered last month that sent more than 20,000 barrels of crude spewing across...
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Large North Dakota Oil Spill Spotlights Obama Delay on Pipeline Rules
2013-10-30 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Three years after an oil pipeline rupture in Michigan spilled 843,000 gallons of sludge, government regulators still havent produced promised rules to compel operators to detect leaks. An oil spill in North Dakota last month and the continued debate over construction of TransCanada Corp. (TRP)s Keystone XL Pipeline have led to renewed criticism to the governments inaction on safety measures. Its outrageous, Rick Kessler, Pipeline Safety Trusts president and a Washington lobbyist, said...
$170M North Dakota natural gas pipeline completed
2013-10-29 19:19:01| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Alliance Pipeline have announced the completion of an 80-mile pipeline to carry natural gas from Tioga to Sherwood, where it meets with the company's existing natural gas line that moves the gas to Chicago.
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Hundreds of oil spills kept secret by North Dakota
2013-10-28 16:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: North Dakota`s fracking frenzy is leaking like a sieve. And you haven`t heard about it because fracking companies, oil pipeline owners, and state officials have been keeping information about hundreds of oil spills secret for years. After a huge spill of more than 20,000 barrels on a wheat farm was hushed up for 11 days, the Associated Press discovered the extent of the years-long cover-up: Records obtained by the AP show that so far this year, North Dakota has recorded 139 pipeline leaks that...
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