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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Wins a Victory in Dakota Access Pipeline Case
The NY Times discusses how the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a court case against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
In a significant victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered a sweeping new environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The pipeline, which […]
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Interior Department repeals regulations on hydraulic fracturing
The Obama administration’s 2015 fracking rule was never actually implemented, thanks to an ongoing court battle, and it apparently never will be. The Interior Department published a final rule Friday in the Federal Register repealing immediately the hydraulic-fracturing regulation on federal lands, saying that “we believe it imposes administrative burdens […]
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All that new shale oil may not be enough as big discoveries wane
CALGARY (Bloomberg) — Three years after causing an oil-price crash, the shale boom may not be enough to meet rising global demand because the industry has cut back so sharply on higher-risk mega-projects.
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Black gold, fracking, and life in a North Dakota boomtown
Summary: The New Wild West is the definitive account of what’s happening on the ground and what really happens to a community when the energy industry is allowed to set up in a town with little regulation or oversight – and at what cost.
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Letter: Quality, quantity of water still an issue
Research recently released by the North Dakota State University (Grand Forks Herald, Nov. 15) spelled out the obvious on fracking and water. Water use for the Bakken oil boom consumed water at unprecedented levels, it said, and key western North Dakota aquifers declined.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/letters/4369446-letter-quality-quantity-water-still-issue
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Another Loss for Anti-Fracking Activists in Olympia, Wash.
For the second year in a row, anti-fracking activists in Olympia, Wash., gathered to protest the Port of Olympia’s shipping of ceramic proppants—otherwise known as fracking sand, used in the controversial extraction process—to oil fields in North Dakota. After having faced off with dozens of police in a predawn raid at their […]
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Study: U.S. Vastly Overstates Oil Output Forecasts, MIT
Turns out, America’s decade-long shale boom might just end up being a little too good to be true. There’s no denying that fracking has turned the U.S. into a force in the global oil and gas markets, which has more than a few people abuzz about the prospect of energy independence.
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Anti-fracking activists and anarchists are blocking rail tracks in Olympia. They don’t plan on leaving.
There was little sleep the first night. Everyone was too wired with nerves and excitement. They expected the police to barrel in at any moment.
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UB Foundation invests in fracking
The University at Buffalo Foundation quietly invested in an offshore fund that finances fracking and oil companies, even as the university declares itself a leader on combating climate change, leaked documents reveal.
UB Foundation invests in fracking
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Bakken Learning Curve Said Driving Well Productivity Gains
Drilling productivity in the Bakken Shale, which is producing more than 1 million b/d of light sweet crude oil, is a byproduct of geology and the fact that North Dakota operators are further along the learning curve than in other U.S. onshore plays, according to the state’s top oil and […]
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