James MacPherson

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John Hoeven: BNSF pledges to speed fertilizer delivery

John Hoeven: BNSF pledges to speed fertilizer delivery

James MacPherson · April 14, 2014 7:24 pm

FILE - This March 3, 2014 file photo provided by the North Dakota Health Department are bags full of radioactive oil filter socks, the nets that strain liquids during the oil production process, piled in an abandoned building in Noonan, ND. North Dakota will pay for the cleanup of the illegally dumped radioactive waste, according to documents obtained Thursday, March, 20, 2014 by The Associated Press shows. (AP Photo/North Dakota Health Department, File)

North Dakota to pay for illegal oil waste cleanup

James MacPherson · March 20, 2014 7:58 pm

North Dakota oil train crash cleanup almost done

James MacPherson · March 19, 2014 4:23 pm

BNSF pledges to get caught up on ND ag shipments

BNSF pledges to get caught up on ND ag shipments

James MacPherson · March 12, 2014 4:17 pm

Officials: Cache of illegal oil field waste found

James MacPherson · March 11, 2014 5:29 pm

EPA head visits North Dakota at senator’s request

James MacPherson · February 28, 2014 9:04 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2012 file photo, a construction worker signals to the driver of a forklift who is lifting construction materials into place at an apartment construction site in northeast Bismarck, N.D. North Dakota's robust economy lead by its soaring oil production in the western part of the state has resulted record-high home prices and skyrocketing rental prices that reflect tight supply and strong demand statewide.(AP Photo/Dale Wetzel)

North Dakota home prices soar with oil boom

James MacPherson · February 20, 2014 8:57 pm

Don Olson and his son, Lane Olson, waits to go ice fishing Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Devils Lake, N.D., after driving straight through from Iowa to fish with Devils Lake fishing guide Steve Dahl, who owns the Perch Patrol and Perch Express. Fishing guide Dahl says ice fishing at Devils Lake in northeastern North Dakota is the best in two decades. But he says his guide service is suffering because of disruptions in train service to the region. Amtrak routes are being detoured in Grand Forks, Devils Lake and Rugby in part because BNSF Railway trains hauling freight and crude from the state's oil patch are displacing passenger train service. (AP Photo/Jackie Lorentz)

ND oil, freight shipments detour Amtrak trains

James MacPherson · February 9, 2014 4:45 pm

In this Nov. 7, 2013 photo provided by McKenzie County Emergency Management is a fire at a saltwater disposal site in western North Dakota's McKenzie County. State officials are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire destroyed 13 storage tanks and resulted in a spill of 270 barrels of oil and 2,440 barrels of saltwater, a byproduct of oil and gas production. One barrel holds 42 gallons. (AP Photo/McKenzie County Emergency Management, Jerry Samuelson)

Energy and Environment

North Dakota launching website to notify public of spills

James MacPherson · December 3, 2013 5:00 am

North Dakota sees record growth in taxable sales

North Dakota sees record growth in taxable sales

James MacPherson · May 29, 2013 6:39 pm

ND House rejects oil tax restructuring measure

ND House rejects oil tax restructuring measure

James MacPherson · May 2, 2013 12:05 am

USGS: 7.4B barrels of oil possible in ND, Mont.

USGS: 7.4B barrels of oil possible in ND, Mont.

James MacPherson · April 30, 2013 9:28 pm