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Elegaic Images From North Dakota’s Boom
Posted by New York Times: Dylan Walsh on February 15th, 2013
New York Times: For Elizabeth Farnsworth, the story began when she was walking her dog at a highway rest stop off Interstate 94 in North Dakota.
"My husband and I met a trucker who was making $100,000 per year," said Ms. Farnsworth, a freelance filmmaker and special correspondent on PBS NewsHour. "That`s when I got interested in the oil boom."
In collaboration with Terry Evans, a photographer and longtime friend, Ms. Farnsworth has since made seven trips to report on the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota....
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Study Slams Nuclear Waste Practices at Hanford
Posted by New York Times: Dylan Walsh on February 5th, 2013
New York Times: Department of Energy Construction (and design) continue at the Hanford nuclear reservation in southeastern Washington State, where radioactive liquid waste from weapons processing is to be turned into a stable glass form suitable for disposal.
Management and disposal of radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington State, marred by problems for more than two decades, is the focus of a harsh new assessment by the Government Accountability Office.
"By just about any definition,"...