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Group files petitions to put recreational marijuana on North Dakota’s November ballot
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Group files petitions to put recreational marijuana on North Dakota’s November ballot

Live Mint  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Organizers of a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota submitted petition signatures on Monday, likely setting up another statewide vote on the issue that voters and state lawmakers have previously defeated. The 20-page statutory measure would legalize recreational marijuana for people 21 and older to use at their homes and, if permitted, on others’ …

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Group files petitions to put recreational marijuana on North Dakota’s November ballot
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Group files petitions to put recreational marijuana on North Dakota’s November ballot

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Organizers of a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota submitted petition signatures on Monday, likely setting up another statewide vote on the issue that voters and state lawmakers have previously defeated. The 20-page statutory measure would legalize recreational marijuana for people 21 and older to use at their homes and, if permitted, on others’ …

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Judge orders BNSF to pay Swinomish Tribe nearly $400M for trespassing with oil trains
6 months ago

Judge orders BNSF to pay Swinomish Tribe nearly $400M for trespassing with oil trains

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — BNSF Railway must pay nearly $400 million to a Native American tribe in Washington state, a federal judge ordered Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the tribe’s reservation. After train cars carrying Bakken crude oil exploded in Alabama, North Dakota and Quebec, a federal agency warned …

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Researchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Researchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields

Associated Press  

In the world of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets most of the blame. Writing in this week’s Nature, they say extensive lab and field trials showed the naturally derived bacteria reduced the nitrous oxide without disrupting other microbes in the soil. Farmers’ heavy use of nitrogen fertilizer drives up the amount produced in soil, and in 2022 it accounted …

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Researchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Researchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Writing in this week's Nature, they say extensive lab …

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Legal expert explains how Trump is using courtroom machinations to his political advantage
8 months ago

Legal expert explains how Trump is using courtroom machinations to his political advantage

Raw Story  

\The second week is wrapping up in former President Donald Trump’s first criminal trial on charges from the state of New York related to paying hush money to an adult film star. Anderson: I think it’s important for the casual observer, who might wonder whether being on trial for a felony was hurting Trump’s presidential campaign, to understand that he’s …

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'Monumental drama': Trump goes on trial in 'real test of our country and our legal system'
8 months, 1 week ago

'Monumental drama': Trump goes on trial in 'real test of our country and our legal system'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump’s New York trial on charges related to paying hush money to an adult film star begins on April 15, 2024. Anderson adds, “It’s not just what happens inside the courtroom, but how we manage it outside the courtroom, that will be equally consequential for us as a nation.” Bakken: The scene is very dramatic: A former …

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Ukrainians move to North Dakota for oil field jobs to help families facing war back home
1 year, 4 months ago

Ukrainians move to North Dakota for oil field jobs to help families facing war back home

Associated Press  

DICKINSON, N.D. — Maksym Bunchukov remembers hearing rockets explode in Zaporizhzhia as the war in Ukraine began. The oil boom initially was met by an “organic workforce” of western North Dakotans with experience in oil field jobs elsewhere, but as the economy reeled from the Great Recession, thousands of people flocked to the Bakken oil field from other states and …

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Judge: BNSF intentionally violated Swinomish tribe agreement
1 year, 8 months ago

Judge: BNSF intentionally violated Swinomish tribe agreement

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — A federal judge ruled Monday that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington state by running 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation. The tribe and BNSF discussed an amended agreement, but “at no point did the Tribe approve BNSF’s unilateral decision to transport unit trains …

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