Latest Leak In The Keystone Oil Pipeline Continues Its Troubled History
"The latest leak in the Keystone oil pipeline in North Dakota on Tuesday continues the troubled history of the 15-year-old pipeline."
Source: AP, 04/09/2025
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Follow the Money … for Lobbying State Legislatures
With many states dominated by a few powerful industries — whether oil, mining or agriculture — the influence of campaign dollars can have an outsize effect on legislation, even to the point of corruption, notes the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. So while the U.S. Congress may be languishing, environmental journalists can dig up stories on lobbying at the state level using a powerful data source.
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"Greenpeace Must Pay At Least $660M Over Dakota Pipeline Protests, Says Jury"
"A jury in North Dakota has decided that the environmental group Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the pipeline company Energy Transfer and is liable for defamation and other claims over protests in the state nearly a decade ago."
Source: Guardian, 03/20/2025
New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste
Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.
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"South Dakota Law Raises Questions About Future Of Massive Midwest Pipeline"
"A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines raises questions about the viability of a proposed 2,500 mile (4,023-kilometer) project snaking through five Midwest states."
Source: AP, 03/10/2025
"USDA Seeks Dismissal Of Puppy-Laundering Case Involving Iowa Breeders"
"The federal government is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by animal-welfare activists over an Iowa puppy-mill operator."
Source: States Newsroom, 02/13/2025
Bayer Backs Broader Effort To Shield Popular Weedkiller From Cancer Claims
"A renewed and expanded effort from chemical giant Bayer to shield itself from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller Roundup causes cancer brought dozens of protesters to the Iowa Capitol building Monday begging lawmakers to reject it."
Source: AP, 02/13/2025
Energy-Dominance Exponent Coasts Into Interior
The newly installed Interior Department head, who will manage most federally owned U.S. lands and billions of acres of the continental shelf, hails from a top fossil fuel-producing state and has close oil industry ties, reports the new EJ TransitionWatch. What former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum had to say at his Senate confirmation about U.S. “energy dominance.” Plus, one surprising source of support.
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Who’s Funding ‘Newspaper’ Mailed to Potential Jurors in Greenpeace Trial?
"A dark money trail linked to pipeline company Energy Transfer could be behind a mysterious mailer targeting North Dakota residents in the lead-up to its trial with Greenpeace."
Source: DeSmog, 12/18/2024
Hemorrhagic Disease Could Limit Take For Iowa Deer Hunters This Season
"The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is monitoring the spread of epizootic hemorrhagic disease and chronic wasting disease in Iowa deer and says Iowa hunters can play an important role."
Source: States Newsroom, 12/13/2024
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