Oil companies in N.D. face new regulations to save birds
September 21, 2011 at 11:29 am in Grand Forks Herald
In the wake of federal charges accusing seven oil companies with killing 28 migratory birds in open waste pits, oil and gas drilling operations in North Dakota could soon be hit with state regulations that one advocate said would change the face of the state’s drilling industry and save a lot of birds. Continue Reading
I’d rather eat and stay warm than worry about a bunch of stupid “birds”…..get a life libs!…these critters will be here long after us.
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Settle down, richard. It doesn’t matter if it’s $1 million per bird or $100 million per bird,common sense has no place in today’s USA. I’d like the oil companies to fix this little problem, but it is out of their hands. No amount of money can compete with the EPA employees who are
running your country and killing our economy!! It’s actually keeping many of us awake at night.
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I’m not a liberal in any way shape or form and I want the birds protected. It’s crazy to think that the oil companies can turn a blind eye to this. When you think of ND, one of the first things you think of are ducks, geese, pheasants, grouse, etc. Hunting is one of the greatest seasons in ND and one of its greatest assets. I can’t imagine letting oil companies tromp all over that for the almighty dollar.
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Because of the money this area is generating, it seems that many laws are able to “slip” as enforcement agencies are turning a blind eye. Safety is not a factor on all of he rigs, speed limits and weight limits on trucks are not enforced, off road fuel is found in almost any diesel pickup associated with any company, etc. etc. If it continues, the residents of North Dakota will have more than birds to worry about. All environmental resources will be affected, including your drinking water. Where do you think the waste from these pits goes? Do you think it magically disappears? If they can afford to make so much money from the drilling, they can afford to clean up after themselves and follow the same rules every one else does.
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It looks to me like North Dakota is beginning to feel the effects of having their lands raped by the big corporations.
While I’m sure that the fast buck, especially in today’s economy is appealing to most, you should be consious of what you are leaving your kids and grandkids.
Big Oil could care less about that kind of thing, they just love looking like saviors for the time being. And if there’s nothing left of your lands when they’re done, they could care less.
Look at what the coal mines did to our southern states: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDCsc3CU5ww
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Has anyone seen a study of how many birds, as well as migratory birds that heve been killed in the windmill farms located in ND? I have heard anecdotally that they do in quite a few birds but have never seen any numbers.
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Those numbers were in the windpower article in the Star Tribune this morning.
Cats, windows, cars, etc kill thousands of times more birds than windmills.
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Do the cats windows and cars etc. also kill far more birds than the oil companies have? – http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574376543308399048.html or http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/wind-turbine-kill-birds.htm It’s funny that there seems to be one standard for oil companies, but entirely another on the windfarm industry.
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Yeah, I wonder why that would be?…..
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