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Worst Fracking Wastewater Spill North Dakota Leaks 3 Million Gallons Into River
2015-01-23 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Three million gallons of brine, a salty, toxic byproduct of oil and natural gas productionalso known as fracking wastewaterspilled from a leaking pipe in western North Dakota. State officials say its the worst spill of its kind since the fracking boom began in the state. The spill was reported 17 days ago when Operator Summit Midstream Partners found a toxic leak of salty drilling waste from a pipeline in the heart of the Bakken oil boom. Officials say theres no immediate threat to human health...
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Barriers Set Up, Water Being Testing at North Dakota Site of 3M Gallon Saltwater Spill
2015-01-23 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Earthen barriers have been set up across a creek and water was being tested Thursday around the site of a nearly 3 million-gallon leak of saltwater generated by oil drilling, the largest spill of its kind during North Dakota's current oil rush. The berms were built at Blacktail Creek to prevent potentially contaminated water from flowing out of the creek and into a bigger body of water that eventually leads into the Missouri River. "So when the ice starts to melt if there's any oil or contaminated...
North Dakota Aims Lift Ban on Radioactive Oil Waste
2014-12-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bismarck Tribune: Oaks Disposal, northwest of Glendive, Mont., is the first landfill in Montana licensed to handle Montana's new regulated limit of 30 picocuries per gram of radiation in oil field. Jeff Rahr, an employee at Oaks Disposal, meters an incoming load to make sure it doesnt exceed the sites approved limit for radioactivity. Rahr is metering for one parameter, the background of particles emitted, which cant exceed 15 uR per hour. He said the load was reading at 4 uR. The State Health Department is...
Montana-Dakota Utilities to Buy North Dakota Wind Farm
2014-12-03 17:59:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. has signed an agreement to purchase a North Dakota wind farm to be developed by ALLETE Clean Energy. read more
Why a small North Dakota town is taking on Big Rail
2014-11-26 06:00:44| Railroads - Topix.net
After her shift at the TraXside Cafe in the southeast North Dakota hamlet of Enderlin, all Karla Souer wants to do is go home. Unfortunately for the 38-year-old waitress the commute, which should only last a minute or two, can take a half-an-hour.
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