Minnesota Wants To Put A Tax On Oil Shipments Through Their State
With oil train derailments, and overwhelmed rail infrastructure in general, much in the news these days two lawmakers in Minnesota want...
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Is Oil Industry Getting A Bad Rap For Oil Train Derailments?
Oil train derailments in North Dakota, Canada and Alabama (among other places) has set off a flurry of headlines, and...
Glawe Column: Are All NTSB Recommendations For Rail Safety Plausible?
Sitting inside Urban Stampede, at the intersection of 4th and Kittson in downtown Grand Forks, one can easily imagine what...
Politicize Everything: North Dakota Democrat Blames Pipeline Explosion On Flaring
It's now an election year, so that means North Dakota Democrats are cranking up their bi-annual gripe campaign against all...
Dickinson Press Editor: Don't Slow Down The Bakken Oil Boom
Over the weekend the Dickinson Press ran an editorial headlined, "Slowing down ND oil industry not the right answer." I...
AUDIO: ROPE Coalition Says "Extraordinary Places" Regs Could Given Legal Standing To Enviromental Activists
North Dakota's State Industrial Commission today is previewing a proposed regulation that would create additional hurdles for oil companies wishing...
Don't Slow Down The Bakken Oil Boom, Grow With It
I was struck by these comments from Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity President Jason Stverak about concerns over...
Audio: Lawmaker Says Industrial Commission Needs To Bring "Special Places" Plan To The Legislature
Last week Rep. Roscoe Streyle (R-Minot) had a column here on SAB (also published in several newspapers around the state)...
Column: In Defense Of Lynn Helms
It’s an inconvenient truth for those who are enamored with big, intrusive government that the key to North Dakota’s economic...
State Senator Blisters Industrial Commission Over "Special Places" Designations
State Rep. Roscoe Streyle (R-Minot) had a column here on SAB and in various newspapers around the state criticizing Attorney...
