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Headline	Author	Published	Section
It's not you; it's me Energy execs and GOP reps grow apart on climate action	Miles Grant	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Things may be getting a little weird in what's traditionally been a cozy long-term relationship. A Republican state representative in North Dakota last week ripped electric company executives for being too liberal on climate action: State Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo, said the companies have a responsibility to 'tell the truth' about global warming. 'What I hear you saying is that, 'It's going to be a reality and we're just going to play the game as best we can,'' Kasper ...
Topics: Congress, climate change skepticism, energy, politics, state politics, North Dakota (all these topics)

Elk and Their Ilk Elk populations getting out of control in some national parks		12 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 1:46 PM on 12 Feb 2008 Forget hungry, hungry hippos -- here come the hungry, hungry elk. Three national parks in Colorado and the Dakotas are awash in antlered gluttons, at some places more than twice what's considered a preferable population. "Willow and aspen stands are declining [and] that deprives other species of habitat they need," says a spokesperson for Colorado's Rocky Mountain National ...
Topics: Colorado, habitat protection, national parks, news, North Dakota, South Dakota, wildlife (all these topics)

Bluster's Last Stand DOD declares wind turbines can interfere with radar, but says some can proceed		29 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Bluster's Last Stand DOD declares wind turbines can interfere with radar, but says some can proceed The Defense Department has finally completed a long-awaited study on how wind farms impact military radar, which clears the way for some stalled wind projects to continue. At least a dozen projects in Illinois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin had been put on hold pending the ...
Topics: Department of Defense, energy, Illinois, news, North Dakota, wind power, Wisconsin (all these topics)

Wonder If New Orleans Wrote Them a Recommendation Letter Army Corps can continue its Missouri River meddling, Supreme Court says		26 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Wonder If New Orleans Wrote Them a Recommendation Letter Army Corps can continue its Missouri River meddling, Supreme Court says In bad news for enviros (why are we always saying that?), the Supreme Court has declined to hear challenges in three cases questioning the Army Corps of Engineers' authority on the Missouri River. With authority now decidedly in hand, the Corps ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River, Montana, news, North Dakota, South Dakota (all these topics)

How to Succeed Without Really Trying North Dakota 'reduces' pollution by measuring it differently	Amanda Griscom	19 Feb 2004	Muckraker
North Dakota "reduces" pollution by measuring it differently By Amanda Griscom 19 Feb 2004 From Badlands to worse. Photo: NPS. To Theodore Roosevelt, a man who battled chronic asthma, the remote Badlands of North Dakota were as beloved for their fresh air as for their dramatic views and big game. "Wildflowers and sagebrush spiced the clean, dry North Dakotan breeze. Roosevelt's asthmatic lungs rejoiced in this air, as did his soul in the sheer ...
Topics: air pollution, energy, Muckraker, North Dakota, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

How to Succeed Without Really Trying North Dakota 'Reduces' Pollution by Measuring It Differently		19 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: air pollution, energy, mining and drilling, national parks, North Dakota, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Coal and Calculating Bush Admin. Decision Could Boost Pollution in National Parks		17 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Coal and Calculating Bush Admin. Decision Could Boost Pollution in National Parks In a move that could lead to more pollution in national parks, the Bush administration on Friday said it will permit North Dakota to change the way it estimates air pollution in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Seems like a small thing, but the new estimation formula is likely ...
Topics: energy, national parks, North Dakota, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA, Utah, wilderness (all these topics)

Fargone		16 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Fargone Even though it lacks big cities and doesn't have the smokestacks of say, an Ohio or a Texas, North Dakota is the only state in the country where the air in federal preserves is more polluted than the Clean Air Act allows. So says the U.S. EPA, which will decide soon whether to force North Dakota to undertake a cleanup that could cost industrial facilities hundreds of millions of dollars. Accordi ...
Topics: air pollution, national parks, North Dakota, US EPA (all these topics)

Walk Softly and Carry a Big Computer Model		16 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Walk Softly and Carry a Big Computer Model Unless you live there, you probably haven't been following the brouhaha in North Dakota. So here's the skinny: The U.S. EPA insists that the state is in violation of air quality standards because of the high concentration of sulfur dioxide in the air at the otherwise-pristine Theodore Roosevelt National Park and a national wildlife refuge. The state, meanwhile, ...
Topics: air pollution, national parks, North Dakota, US EPA (all these topics)

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