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When a well no longer produces commercial quantities of oil and gas, companies "abandon" it, usually by placing cement plugs inside the wellbore, to stop…
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On the surface, North Dakota doesn't seem like a state full of risk-takers. It's conservative, faith and family-oriented. Yet many of the state's…
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Every month, the director of North Dakota's Department of Mineral Resources, Lynn Helms, unveils a series of indicators that paint a picture of the…
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Buy your holiday pie or bake your own? While there is something special about homemade, every cook knows it takes a lot of your own time and energy. On…
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The U.S. Department of Energy defines renewable natural gas as a "pipeline-quality gas that is fully interchangeable with conventional natural gas." The…
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Carbon dioxide emissions have a pretty bad reputation. The dirtiest fuel -- coal -- still supplies nearly 40 percent of the electricity in the U.S. and…
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Global leaders are gathered in Paris to make a plan to combat climate change. There is broad scientific consensus that climate change is real, serious and…
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Among the top 10 coal producing states, over one million acres of land has been "disturbed" for coal mining operations, according to data from the U.S.…
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Have you ever stopped to wonder about the everyday energy that goes into the food you buy at the grocery store? Or maybe even behind a Thanksgiving feast?…
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North Dakota may be known as an oil state, but it's the state's coal industry that's feeling the heat from the federal Clean Power Plan. Under the final…