North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Damage Along With Prosperity

by Nicholas Kusnetz, Special to ProPublica June 7, 2012, 10:47 a.m.

Booming oil production has brought a flood of toxic waste to North Dakota. Energy companies reported more than 1,000 releases of oil and wastewater last year alone.

North Dakota Spills

by Jeff Larson and Nicholas Kusnetz
ProPublica, June 7, 2012, 10:46 a.m.

Republicans Vote to Block Transparency on Political Ads

by Justin Elliott
ProPublica, June 7, 2012, 9:59 a.m.

Language in appropriations bill would block funding for an FCC rule to put political ad data online.