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North Dakota oil boom brings worry to Theodore Roosevelt National Park
2013-11-02 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: On a stretch of ranchland nestled in the North Dakota Badlands, under dark, star-filled night skies, serene landscape and solitude, Theodore Roosevelt formed his strong conservationist ideals more than a century ago. But the night skies around the former president's Elkhorn Ranch, referred to as the "cradle of conservation" by environmentalists and historians, now glow orange. From some of the highest points in what is now Theodore Roosevelt National Park, dozens of natural gas flares are visible...
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