The Legislature and the environment: a report card

Lawmakers concerned about coal industry, jobs

BISMARCK – As the 2021 Legislature works toward adjournment later this month, what has the assembly’s impact been on the environment of North Dakota? According to one environmental advocate, that answer may be – not much. Wade Schafer, conservation organizer for the state chapter of the Sierra Club, said that ever since the Bakken oil boom, environmental issues have no...

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