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Eric Lipton @EricLiptonNYT
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In North Dakota's Fort Berhold Indian Reservation, it looks almost like the hills are on fire. It is flaring. Not a forest fire. Trump's Interior killed provisions of a new rule intended to limit such flaring. Read more here.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Everyone at Fort Berthold--the tribal leaders, the local residents--know something is seriously wrong here. Yes, oil and gas is bringing them $$. But at what cost. Here I am with @gdemczuk as we witness the flaring one recent night.
These flares burning into the winter night sky created one of the most surreal scenes I have ever witnessed. It looked almost like an alien invasion, the shafts of light that went up into the frozen night sky. This is flaring. In a big, wasteful way.
The landscape here almost becomes surreal, as the flaring at night creates these supernatural scenes. Never seen anything like it. Looked almost like an alien invasion. But it is man-made.
The flaring at Fort Berthold creates some surreal scenes. Almost supernatural. Actually, thought as I looked out there one night, an alien invasion was underway.
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