— City council president Blair Patton in Choteau, Montana, whose town is gearing up for an economic boom coming from a new equipment plant supplying machinery to Canada’s tar sands. Quoted in the Billings Gazette.
What is the true cost of a gallon of gasoline? And why do prices vary from country to country? An interesting animation from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
— Overheard on Twitter, regarding the Yellowstone River oil spill.
The recent oil leak in the Yellowstone River is bringing attention to the fact that U.S. oil pipelines are everywhere. While oil pipelines are an often under-reported portion of this nation’s energy and infrastructure debate, it’s not because there isn’t plenty to talk about.
Finding the Photogenic Side of Big Data
via the New York Times:
Massive rivers of digital information are a snooze, visually. Yet that is the...
“A federal judge in Oregon denies a motion for new trial in a case that...
Forbes worked with Bitly to suss out where Americans get their news state by state.
Mapped above are the favorites.
Jon Bruner explains how...
Provide fact-based evidence to verify environmental news claims by leveraging the Society of...
Redon’s works are as difficult to describe as last night’s inscrutable dream, clearly emblazoned in the mind but impossible to relay to another. The...
In Focus: The 2012 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Today, the leaders of the 2012 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will depart...
