North Dakota promises to turn down the lights | Climate News Network
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The US state of North Dakota is in the midst of a shale oil and gas boom. Critics say the industry has been allowed to grow without proper regulation, but oil producers are now promising to be more mindful of the environment.
LONDON, 8 FEbruary – The light from thousands of gas flares in North Dakota is so intense that it can be seen from space. The flares come from oil production units in the Bakken oil fields in the northwest of the state – the site of one of the biggest concentrations of the hydraulic fracturing or fracking industry in the US.
A report last year by Ceres, a US organization which promotes more sustainable business practices, said that gas worth approximately $1bn literally went up in flames and smoke in 2012 from Bakken.
