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    May 19, 2013
    In lawsuit, feds argue coal industry can legally give to regulators' campaigns
    FARGO -- Federal lawyers concede that thousands of dollars of campaign donations from coal-mining interests to members of the North Dakota Public Service Commission "risk creating an appearance of impropriety." But lawyers for the U.S. Interior Department, charged with overseeing...
    coal / Energy / newsMay 19, 2013 - 12:00am
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    May 31, 2012
    Sierra Club files lawsuit against ND public service commissioners
    A citizens' lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Dacotah Chapter of the Sierra Club and the Dakota Resource Council alleges that North Dakota Public Service commissioners violated federal campaign contribution laws. The lawsuit claims that since 2006 Commissioners Kevin Cramer, Brian Kalk...
    newsMay 31, 2012 - 12:00am
    February 25, 2012
    Dakota Resource Council director retires: Trechock took organization to next level
    Dakota Resource Council Director Mark Trechock has spent 18 years helping people find solutions to community problems, particularly in the energy...
    local / news / oilFebruary 25, 2012 - 12:00am
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    June 30, 2011
    Letter: Hidden costs, silenced hazards of oil industry
    The U.S. is finally taking note of North Dakota, not only because of the flooding, but because of a much larger issue: oil. This week, Bismarck hosted the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission's mid-year meeting, convening nearly every governor in the nation. Let's hope that...
    letters / oil / opinionJune 30, 2011 - 12:00am
    June 17, 2011
    Update: Kalk, Cramer say South Heart mine decisions made on facts, not by amount of contributions
    Public Service commissioners Brian Kalk and Kevin Cramer should recuse themselves from decisions regarding a South Heart coal mine project because of campaign contributions they received, four organizations said in letters hand delivered to the two today.
    coal / Energy / local / newsJune 17, 2011 - 1:41pm
    August 25, 2010
    DRC to review local mining application
    The Dakota Resource Council urged the review of a possible coal mining application near South Heart by federal officials in a letter written to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement in Wyoming, according to a recent press release. South Heart Coal LLC, which is...
    coal / newsAugust 25, 2010 - 12:00am
    July 30, 2010
    Group worries about pipeline
    BISMARCK (AP) -- A North Dakota environmental group wants government regulators to investigate whether a Canadian company used faulty steel in the construction of a pipeline that moves crude oil from Canada through six states. Dickinson-based Dakota Resource Council says TransCanada...
    Energy / local / news / oilJuly 30, 2010 - 12:00am
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    March 9, 2010
    Letter: PSC must do its job
    Believing the GTL Energy plant is not connected to a coal mine requires ignoring a lot of facts. South Heart Coal, LLC put together more than 5,300 acres of coal leases adjacent to the current GTLE site in 2003. Great Northern Power Development owned many of those mineral acres....
    letters / opinionMarch 9, 2010 - 12:00am
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