Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Tag: North Dakota

Oil spill in North Dakota leaks 840,000 gallons of emulsion

The spill in Mountrail County involved emulsion—both crude oil and produced water from a well before it's separated—which flowed onto agricultural land.

Greenpeace remains determined to fight the corporate silencing of dissent

From its earliest history, Greenpeace has fought back against attacks from polluting interests and it continues to this day.

Another rupture: Keystone pipeline shutdown threatens fuel prices and exposes pattern...

Oil spill in North Dakota raises environmental and economic concerns as safety record of “safest pipeline in the world” comes under renewed scrutiny.

As North Dakota faces world’s deadliest outbreak, native communities condemn states’...

“We have to travel to these territories where they’re not wearing masks, they’re not thinking about their neighbors who’ve been impacted.”

North Dakota to spend $16 million in pandemic relief funds on...

“We are at a point now where we are peaking every day as we try to battle this crisis, and I think any of the funds that we use need to be addressed to help us reduce the spread of this virus to help the lives and livelihoods of thousands of North Dakotans.”

Whose allegiance? Three Percenters militia working in Bakken oil patch raises...

“From a security standpoint the Three Percenters are probably among the most worrisome groups … it is not whether there will be a right-wing attack, it is when.”

Native American voters get boost in North Dakota

After a lengthy legal fight, state and tribal officials reach settlement over ID law

Did North Dakota regulators hide an oil and gas industry spill...

“I am disgusted with how state officials and city council members view these threats and deem it acceptable to potentially harm human health.”

Marijuana legalization continues to be a statewide issue after midterm elections

"Our caution has to do with the particular way marijuana legalization has occurred in the U.S.: at the ballot box."

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Seattle protesters confront Amazon over ICE contracts and surveillance ties

Workers, activists, and city officials rally outside the Spheres as Amazon drops Flock partnership but faces mounting pressure to end cloud support for ICE and CBP.

Trump tries to turn Greenland into Okinawa

It’s part of the new, heightened indifference to sovereignty of the Trump administration.

As Democrats demand a tougher fight, new poll elevates AOC and economic populism

A New Republic and Embold Research survey finds broad unity on taxing the rich, regulating big tech, and a more aggressive posture, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leading favorability.

DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention

Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.

Trump EPA abandons climate working group report in endangerment finding repeal

Emails from the hand-picked, secretive group of climate crisis deniers revealed flaws in their methods and “animus” toward leading scientists.