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Federal Regulators Meet With Industry, Tribe To Discuss Flaring Solutions Editorial By Amy Dalrymple - Bismarck Tribune
4/25/18 Link To Article Federal regulators who play key roles in oil and gas development on the Fort Berthold Reservation said Wednesday they’re working to streamline the permitting process to reduce...
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BLM Methane Rule Will Help State Editorial By Linda Weiss, Belfield
4/22/2018 Link To Article I would like to set the record straight on some of the untruths set forth by Ron Ness in his piece deriding the BLM methane waste prevention...
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80% of ND Oil Spills Wouldn’t Have Been Reported Under New Law Editorial By Patrick Springer
4/3/2018 Link to Article FARGO — A recently adopted higher threshold for reporting spills in North Dakota’s Oil Patch, if applied to a recent five-year period, would mean 80 percent of...
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Decision on Water Permit For Refinery Near Theodore Roosevelt National Park Months Away
March 20, 2018 Amy Dalrymple, Bismarck Tribune As North Dakota health regulators continue to evaluate an air permit for a refinery proposed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park, it could be June...
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Communities in Limbo as ND Decides on Large Farming Operations
February 28, 2018 Listen to the radio story HERE Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – ND BISMARCK, N.D. — Could large hog-farming operations be on the horizon for North Dakota? The...
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DeVille: Don’t fall for empty promises, big industry cronies lie
By Lisa DeVille on Jan 24, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. I attended the Department of Health’s hearing for a minor source synthetic air quality permit for Davis Refinery Jan. 17 in...
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Methane waste may be invisible, but it’s widespread impacts are not
January 18, 2018 By Lisa DeVille, opinion contributor This week should have brought long-overdue updates to rules preventing methane waste and limiting wasteful flaring of natural gas on public and tribal lands...
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Public hearing shows mixed feelings towards proposed refinery on fringes of Theodore Roosevelt National Park
January 18, 2018 By Iain Woessner-Dickinson Press DICKINSON, N.D.—The North Dakota Department of Health received mixed comments at a public hearing Wednesday night about a proposed oil refinery that would be...
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Production limits rare for companies that miss natural gas flaring targets
AMY DALRYMPLE Bismarck Tribune Dec 10, 2017 Thirteen oil companies failed to meet North Dakota’s natural gas flaring goals in September, but just one is facing restrictions under state...
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Report: An Invisible Health Menace from Flaring in ND
August 14, 2017 Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – ND Listen to the story HERE North Dakotans in the Bakken region, where oil production is most heavily concentrated, have reported health...
