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North Dakota’s Fracking Spills a ‘Significant Problem’

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In situ burn at a crude oil spill on a wetland in Mountrail County, North Dakota. photo: USFWS (flickr)

North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Damage Along With Prosperity by Nicholas Kusnetz for ProPublica Oil drilling has sparked a frenzied prosperity in Jeff Keller’s formerly quiet corner of western North Dakota in recent years, bringing an infusion of jobs and [...]

Haiti’s New Team of Investigative Journalists

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A man exits a restaurant after he looked for his belongings. An earthquake rocked Port au Prince on January 12, 2010. photo: Marco Dormino (Wikimedia Commons)

Where Has All the Money Gone in Haiti? Ask A New Group of Investigative Reporters by Kathie Klarreich for International Center for Journalists When I first started training Haitian journalists in investigative reporting skills in the summer of 2010, I [...]

Common Cause Releases Study on Fracking Donations in Congress and Ohio

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Fracking in Ohio Natural gas interests have spent more than $747 million during a 10-year campaign – stunningly successful so far – to avoid government regulation of hydraulic “fracking,” a fast-growing and environmentally risky process used in Ohio [...]