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In lawsuit, feds argue coal industry can legally give to regulators’ campaigns

May 18, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

FARGO Federal lawyers concede that thousands of dollars of campaign donations from coal-mining interests to members of the North Dakota Public Service Commission “risk creating an appearance of impropriety.” Continue Reading

Wind energy revival: Projects proposed for 2013 would up ND’s capacity 41 percent

May 3, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

The extension of a key federal subsidy late last year has helped revive interest in developing new wind energy projects in North Dakota, based on documents filed with state regulators. Continue Reading

ND power plant operator might take oil field waste

April 18, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

UNDERWOOD A power plant company is considering burying oil field waste in a mostly empty coal ash pit near Underwood. Continue Reading

Coal’s slow decline: Industry slowdown hits fuel’s Western stronghold

January 25, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

SHERIDAN, Wyo. Hundreds of millions of tons of coal, packed into seams up to 60 feet thick, are still to be had beneath the rock-strewn hillsides speckled with snow that rise up along the remote Montana-Wyoming border. Continue Reading

Coal plan backers seek extension

December 10, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK Backers of a proposed coal-to-liquid fuel plant in western North Dakota will ask for a fifth extension of state aid to study the project, a spokesman said Monday. Continue Reading

Western states looking to capitalize on energy boom

December 7, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Petroleum producers in southeastern New Mexico are on track to pump out 80 million barrels of oil this year numbers that haven’t been seen since the 1970s. Continue Reading

DM&E mothballing Powder River Basin extension

December 3, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) Canadian Pacific Railway says it will “defer indefinitely” plans to extend its South Dakota-based Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad network into the Powder River Basin so it can ship Wyoming coal to power plants in other states.
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Cramer: Energy production a moral responsibility

November 29, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. North Dakota Republican Kevin Cramer not only supports the production of domestic coal, oil and natural gas; the incoming freshman House member believes it’s a moral responsibility. Continue Reading

Coal company announces layoffs: CEO says job losses are response to Obama win

November 9, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

NEW YORK A coal company headed by a prominent Mitt Romney donor has laid off more than 160 workers in response to President Barack Obama’s election victory. Continue Reading

‘War on coal’ label obscures political battlefield realities

October 20, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Drive through the coalfields of Central Appalachia, and signs of the siege are everywhere. Continue Reading