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Tag: Oil

Economy

No ‘trickle down’ for local gas prices

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2018, 7:09 AM Nov 12, 2018
34

Gasoline prices at the pump have fallen about 15 cents a gallon in the last month, far less than the price of oil to the refineries, the Star Tribune says. They’re pocketing the savings. Read more →

Economy · Regional history

Feds close airspace over pipeline protest

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2016, 10:14 AM Oct 26, 2016
23

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has been protesting the pipeline, fearing it could destroy the tribe’s water. The pipeline was rerouted from north of Bismarck because of environmental concerns there. The tribe says the construction will destroy sacred ground.

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Economy

Oil price drop no help in Mpls. to New York commute

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 16, 2014, 9:52 AM Dec 16, 2014
1

We’re hard pressed to imagine anyone in Minnesota has the commute that Ian Bearce of Minneapolis has. Read more →

Economy

Why are low oil prices a bad thing?

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2014, 1:51 PM Dec 12, 2014
11

What kind of weird economy do we have when we have to start rooting for higher oil prices? Read more →

Empire Builder blues: Oil trains kill Amtrak schedule

Paul TostoPaul Tosto July 10, 2014, 12:30 PM Jul 10, 2014
18

Crude rules the rails right now. Oil deliveries are trumping food right now, so forget Amtrak passengers. Read more →

Cost of crude: ND spills leap as oil production booms

Paul TostoPaul Tosto June 24, 2014, 12:00 PM Jun 24, 2014
1

The huge increase in oil production in North Dakota and Montana has brought an equally huge jump in oil and chemical spills tied to drilling. Read more →

China to control Iraqi oil

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2013, 11:14 AM Jun 3, 2013
2

China is pouring money and workers into Iraq to get control of most of the oil the country is producing. Read more →

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