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Oil and gas development involves a lot of bright lights: from flares to drilling rigs to new housing for workers. That’s a concern for star gazers, who have documented an increase in light pollution in oilfields in North Dakota and West Texas. Hear how an observatory in Texas an a national park in North Dakota are trying to tackle the oilfield light pollution problem.
Alexander, North Dakota, didn’t have football for 28 years. The Bakken oil boom has changed all that.
Demand for electricity in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield has skyrocketed. How have local utilities met the demand? And how have they done it without coal?
The Obama Administration announced final rules Monday for its plan to limit carbon emissions from U.S. power plants. While some concessions were made to critics, the final rules actually increase the carbon cuts demanded from states and will have long-lasting impacts on the way power is produced.
Our most important piece of infrastructure–the grid–is also the most vulnerable to an unpredictable, strange kind of weather. Severe solar storms could knock out power to millions of Americans. And critics say new regulations don’t go far enough to protect the grid.
Oil and gas jobs are down nationwide, but not every energy state has been equally affected.
The oil boom has exacerbated North Dakota’s rural lawyer shortage.
Even though I look different than most oilfield workers, we’re all here for the same reason.
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