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National Science Foundation funds SUNRISE summer Research Experience for Undergraduates at UND
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of North Dakota $300,000 to fund three additional years for SUNRISE Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) activities. REU is a ...
Posted on 5/9/12 at 4:02 PM
Comet Lovejoy's fading glory
Time to check in on the wonder that is Comet Lovejoy. Though still too far south to see at mid-northern latitudes, the comet remains a fading spectacle for skywatchers down under. Various observers ...
Posted on 1/3/12 at 1:59 PM
2 organizations threaten to sue regarding South Heart coal application
Public Service commissioners Kevin Cramer and Brian Kalk must remove selves from decisions, reps from Dakota Resource Council and the Dacotah Chapter of the Sierra Club sayBy By Teri Finneman , March 26, 2012
ND potash deposits not as promising as thought
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A company that's exploring for potash in northwestern North Dakota says things aren't as promising as officials had hoped.February 24, 2012
Falkirk coal mine land to go back to crops
UNDERWOOD, N.D. (AP) — More than 200 acres of crop land near Underwood that were mined for coal more than 20 years ago are set to be turned back to farming.January 25, 2012
North Dakota lignite production down in 2011
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Officials say production at North Dakota's four large lignite mines dropped for the second year in a row due to scheduled outages at power plants and an increase in hydroelectric production at Garrison Dam on the Missouri River.January 11, 2012
ND coal-to-fuel plant gets 4th extension
BISMARCK (AP) — Developers of a coal-to-liquid fuel factory proposed for western North Dakota have been granted a fourth extension of state aid to study the project.January 09, 2012
ND utilities turning to gas for electricity
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — After relying on coal to generate electricity, North Dakota utilities are looking more at natural gas as a source of power.January 09, 2012
Battle of the resources: Coal and wind energy abundance fuels use debate
January 06, 2012
ND agency seeks $3.9M to reclaim coal mines
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's Public Service Commission is seeking $3.9 million to continue reclamation work on two abandoned coal mines.January 04, 2012
Coal groups paying $500K for lawsuit
BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota utilities and coal interests agreed to pay up to $500,000 of the state’s cost in challenging a Minnesota law that restricts imports of coal-generated electricity, but the state will still bear the brunt of the expense, documents show.By Dale Wetzel , December 29, 2011
The Dickinson Press Top 10: No. 9: Proposed South Heart mine
December 22, 2011
Miners safely removed from Idaho underground mine
MULLAN, Idaho (AP) — Seven miners were safely removed from an underground mine in northern Idaho after they were injured by a rock burst while working more than a mile deep, a mine company official said late Wednesday.December 15, 2011
ND among worst for emissions
By Patrick Springer , December 08, 2011
Families demand prosecutions in W.Va. mine blast
BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — Money — even a lot of it — is cold comfort to some relatives of the 29 men who died in the worst mining disaster in decades. They want justice, the kind that comes with a courtroom and a prison cell.December 07, 2011
Families of W.Va. mine blast victims face big day
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — The families of 29 men killed in the 2010 explosion of Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in southern West Virginia are facing what could be a pivotal day Tuesday, talking to both federal mine-safety investigators and federal prosecutors.December 06, 2011
Utility shutters recently-completed coal plant
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota cooperative recently spent $437 million to build a coal-burning power plant in North Dakota. Now it plans to shut it down.November 29, 2011
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