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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Mon Jun 11, 2012, 12:14 AM Jun 2012

North Dakota's oil boom brings damage!

“Many more illicit releases went unreported, state regulators acknowledge, when companies dumped truckloads of toxic fluid along the road or drained waste pits illegally.”

http://www.nationofchange.org/north-dakota-s-oil-boom-brings-damage-along-prosperity-1339341620

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North Dakota's oil boom brings damage! (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2012 OP

Irreparable harm, for short-term gain. eom tawadi Jun 2012 #1

Sounds just like the behavior of coal companies in my state. Lasher Jun 2012 #2

Friends of mine lost a son there last year - TBF Jun 2012 #3

We here are SOOOO damn fucked. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #4

tawadi

(2,110 posts)

1. Irreparable harm, for short-term gain. eom

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 01:22 AM

Jun 2012

Lasher

(27,640 posts)

2. Sounds just like the behavior of coal companies in my state.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 05:09 AM

Jun 2012

Our river used to run black almost every Sunday morning around daylight. It didn't help to report it to anybody. That was back in the '60s and '70s.

TBF

(32,106 posts)

3. Friends of mine lost a son there last year -

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 08:40 AM

Jun 2012

explosion while fixing one of the oil wells. I can only imagine what that area is like. To be sure they are creating jobs, but in an environment of much less regulation there are bound to be serious issues re safety and the environment.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

4. We here are SOOOO damn fucked.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 01:47 PM

Jun 2012

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