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Bakken Shale deposit
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Even As Fracking Cash Pours In, North Dakota's Universities Crumble
The state is struggling to finance deteriorating public schools even as it experiences the biggest energy boom in its history.
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As Pipeline Protests Surge, California Weighs Risks of Importing Tar Sands and Fracked Gas
Four proposed oil-refinery projects in Northern California will likely increase the use of dirty tar sands crude from Canada and volatile oil fracked in North Dakota.
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Bay Area Protests Underway to Stop WesPac-Pittsburg Oil Mega-Terminal
Demonstrators at Pittsburg, Calif., City Hall said that plans to store highly volatile crude oil imported from the Bakken fields of North Dakota – and even the Alberta tar sands – were unacceptable.
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Exposed: Shale Oil in North Dakota Train Explosion Had High Levels of Volatile Chemicals
Oil obtained via fracking in the Bakken Shale may be more chemically explosive than the agency or industry previously admitted publicly.
