After oil companies and state executives in North Dakota hid the news from the public that nearly 300 oil spills occured between 2011 and 2013, radioactive toxic sludge is brimming back up to the surface, bubbling forth from the ground and mixing with fresh water across the state.
In late 2013, the shale oil industry in North Dakota received national attention when a train carrying explosive “Bakken” oil derailed and exploded near the town of Cassleton on December 30. Eighteen rail cars attached to the train also spilled 400,000 gallons of crude oil–one of the biggest spills ever recorded in the United States. Continue reading “Radioactive Waste Dumped by Oil Companies is Seeping Out of the Ground in North Dakota”