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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 [...]
Nebraska lawmakers could stall massive pipeline project by Corbin Hiar for iwatch news The Canadian company that wants to build an oil pipeline through six states has increased its lobbying spending in both Lincoln, Neb., and Washington, D.C., as [...]
Underground Industry: Gas Pipelines Are Big Business But Lightly Regulated by Nicholas Kusnetz for ProPublica The gas pipeline industry is hardly glamorous. But it is lucrative and loosely regulated. Last weekend, two oil and gas pipeline companies announced they would [...]
What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline — and Why Is It So Controversial? by Lois Beckett for ProPublica By the end of this year, the State Department will decide whether to give a Canadian company permission to construct a 1,700-mile, [...]
Lack of federal oversight of coal ash cleanup continues with recent House legislation by Alexandra Duszak for iwatch news House Republicans on Friday succeeded in championing legislation that would wrest regulation of coal ash from the federal Environmental [...]
Immediately after the administration announced it was going to tap into the SPRO, oil prices dropped. But as you know from filling up your tank over the last few months, prices have been on a roller-coaster ride. In fact, gas price volatility has become such an issue, the Federal Trade Commission just launched an investigation into price manipulation of all aspects of gasoline production. That's on top of an already existing Justice Department investigation into speculation and fraud.
Immediately after the administration announced it was going to tap into the SPRO, oil prices dropped. But as you know from filling up your tank over the last few months, prices have been on a roller-coaster ride. In fact, gas price volatility has become such an issue, the Federal Trade Commission just launched an investigation into price manipulation of all aspects of gasoline production. That's on top of an already existing Justice Department investigation into speculation and fraud.