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Got a farmer in your family? Now's the time to nag.
Days begin at 4:30 a.m. and end after a sullen and nostalgic gaze at our sleeping children. He knows not what day it is, mondaytuesdaysaturday, they all run together. My husband, likely like someone i...
Posted on 5/14/13 at 9:38 AM
Oil Patch cities can apply early for energy impact grants
BISMARCK Communities in North Dakotas Oil Patch can get a jump start on applying for a new round of energy impact grants, even though final legislative action has not yet been taken. Cities can subm...
Posted on 4/2/13 at 9:23 AM
Real Oilfield Wives and more new blogs!
It's been awhile since I've given you my recommendations for new blogs to check out here on Areavoices. But three new blogs have crossed my path and I felt compelled to share them. The first is calle...
Posted on 3/13/13 at 4:01 PM
The Low Has Arrived
After a summer of decently good mental health and a bit of a manic time last week (I even started a business!), the low is quickly approaching. I shared with my staff at work yesterday that it is here...
Posted on 8/24/12 at 7:30 AM
The Good, the Bad and the Abysmally, Painfully Awful
Apparently, the movie Battleship is about as bad as you would have expected it to be. I have a hard time believing any movie could be as bad as Transformers was, but apparently this hits that low mark...
Posted on 5/23/12 at 1:26 PM
Delegation opposes proposed rule
North Dakota’s congressional delegation doesn’t like a proposed new rule that would require energy companies on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.May 18, 2013
Xcel Energy proposes power plants in southeast N.D.
Xcel Energy is proposing two natural gas-fired power plants in southeastern North Dakota to help meet electricity needs during times of peak demand in the upper Midwest in coming years.May 18, 2013
Gas prices headed for a record in North Dakota
Gasoline prices are on the rise and headed to a record in North Dakota. The average price of gas in the state could reach $4.15 per gallon in the coming days, breaking the July 2008 record of $4.08, according to North Dakota AAA spokesman Gene LaDoucer.May 18, 2013
Radioactive waste on the N.D. monitor: Energy Industry Waste Coalition worried about improper disposal of oilfield material
By By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 18, 2013
ND delegation opposes proposed fracking rule
North Dakota's congressional delegation doesn't like a proposed new rule that would require energy companies on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.May 17, 2013
Xcel Energy proposes power plants in southeast ND
Xcel Energy is proposing two natural gas-fired power plants 70 miles south of Fargo to help meet electricity needs during times of peak demand.May 17, 2013
Gas prices headed for a record in North Dakota
Gasoline prices are on the rise and headed to a record in North Dakota.May 17, 2013
Interior issues new drilling rule on public land
By BY Matthew Daly,Associated Press , May 17, 2013
Helms: Keystone XL would save lives
By By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , May 16, 2013
Lawmakers push to restore mineral funds
A bipartisan group of western lawmakers is pushing legislation in Washington to restore cuts of $110 million in federal mineral royalty payments to 35 states.By By Ben Neary, Associated Press , May 15, 2013
Ethanol plant now stores N.D. crude
An ethanol plant on the Columbia River that was built with the help of $36 million in Oregon state loans and tax credits is now being used to store and ship crude oil from North Dakota.May 15, 2013
U.S. boom transforming global oil market
The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world is transforming the global oil market.By By Jonathan Fahey, Associated Press , May 15, 2013
List alone won’t be enough
If the North Dakota Industrial Commission is serious, more of the state’s “culturally important” places might be off limits to oil, gas and other potentially damaging development. The commission, at the behest of member Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, intends to visit specific places this summer with the goal of putting them on a list that might afford the sites some degree of protection.By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , May 15, 2013
Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground.By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Columbia River ethanol plant now exports crude oil
An ethanol plant on the Columbia River that was built with the help of $36 million in Oregon state loans and tax credits is now being used to store and ship crude oil.May 14, 2013
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