affordable housing
Why Oil Workers Are Still Paying $600 To Live In A Closet
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Despite falling oil prices, rents are still sky high in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield.
Bakken
IE Questions: What Is The Real Impact of Low Oil Prices On Hiring?
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What do unemployment and labor statistics tell us about the impact of low oil prices on the job market in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield?
Audio
Hope And Anxiety At Oilfield Job Fair
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Job seekers still flock to Williston, North Dakota seeking easy money in the Bakken oilfield. Falling oil prices have made that dream a little harder to attain.
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Ran Off The Rig: An Oil Worker’s Diary
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Oil worker Neil LaRubbio documents what it’s like to be on the inside as oil prices plummet.
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Quitting The Bakken: One Oil Worker’s Story
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Low oil prices gave truck driver Apryl Boyce a chance to re-think why she came to the Bakken oilfield. And then she decided to leave.
IE Read Feed
Can Fracking Pollute Drinking Water? Don’t Ask The EPA
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InsideClimate News|A long-awaited EPA study on the impact of fracking on groundwater pollution will be released this spring. But the report is unlikely to provide a definitive answer on the question.
Inside Energy News
IE Questions: Where Do All The Drilling Rigs Go?
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In which we define “warm stacking” and “cold stacking” and discuss what happens when a drilling rig is “laid down.”
IE Investigations
North Dakota Oil and Gas Officials Want Corrections To Our Story. Here’s Our Response.
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The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources criticized certain aspects of our story on North Dakota’s oilfield spill problem. Here’s our response.
IE Read Feed
After A String Of Accidents, Refinery Workers Strike For Safety
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High Country News | After a string of accidents, refinery workers strike for safety
