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Elegaic Images From North Dakota's Boom

2013-02-15 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: For Elizabeth Farnsworth, the story began when she was walking her dog at a highway rest stop off Interstate 94 in North Dakota. "My husband and I met a trucker who was making $100,000 per year," said Ms. Farnsworth, a freelance filmmaker and special correspondent on PBS NewsHour. "That`s when I got interested in the oil boom." In collaboration with Terry Evans, a photographer and longtime friend, Ms. Farnsworth has since made seven trips to report on the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota....

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North Dakota's Bakken Oil Finally Hits the East Coast

2013-02-06 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: One of the consequences of the U.S. oil boom is that all that crude gushing out of the Midwest has outpaced our ability to move it around. The result is a series of bottlenecks like the one in Cushing, Okla., where there are now more than 50 million barrels of oil stuck in tanks the size of 747s. Thats about a three-day supply of oil for the U.S., just sitting there. This glut has led to big disparities in gasoline prices across the U.S. Right now, drivers are paying about $3.75 for a gallon...

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