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2015 was a year marked by a dramatic reversal of fortune in the oil industry.Crude oil prices dropped down to a third of their 2014 highs, effectively…
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Everyone’s heard the story of the oil boom and its ugly twin, the bust. A sleepy community transformed overnight by a wave of rapid growth. Workers flock…
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People living in an oil boom have lots of questions: Like, what’s happening to air, water and soil?So a couple of science teachers at the local college on…
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Everyone knows North Dakota is an oil state. But it’s the state’s coal industry that’s feeling the heat from the federal Clean Power Plan, which targets…
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Some of the best places in America to see the starry night sky also happen to the best places to drill for oil. Think western North Dakota or West Texas,…
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Attorneys General in fourteen states, including North Dakota and Colorado, suspect the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to keep them from suing…
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The Environmental Protection Agency is taking aim at the nation’s smog levels.The agency released tougher standards for ozone emissions…
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A federal judge in Wyoming has temporarily stopped regulations governing fracking on federal lands from going into effect. Wyoming Public Radio’s…
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Pope Francis is here in the US this week and will make a historic address to Congress on Thursday.Some conservative Catholics say Francis is meddling in…
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The high school football game is the center of life for small towns in much of rural America. And one town, in western North Dakota, is celebrating the…