...But it also had the biggest decline of any state over the past year, falling from 10.7 percent. North Dakota reported the nation's lowest unemployment rate, at 3.3 percent. The state has benefited from an oil and gas drilling boom.

Now Playing Synopsis: A cautionary yet inspirational tale of civil disobedience, Bidder 70 offers a fascinating look at the clash between activism and modern politics by detailing the grueling legal struggle endured by Tim DeChristopher, who spent two years in prison for bidding $1.7 million for 22 acres of land in Utah at a controversial Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas lease auction, though he had no intentions of paying. A University of Utah economics student at the time, DeChristopher put his future on the line to block plans by gas-industry power players to drill on the land, signaling the beginning of a five-year legal battle that encouraged a national dialogue on the topic of environmental preservation. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Tim DeChristopher, Robert Redford, Terry Tempest Williams, James Hansen, Terry Root Movie Details Movie Review

...reduce fossil fuel consumption and emissions. But pipelines will remain the safest and lowest cost way to transport oil and gas, our major energy fuel source for decades to come.Rolf Westgard is a member of the Geological Society of America and...

...specifics.The Democrats propose generating revenue from plugging some tax loopholes. Those include tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and businesses that have sent jobs overseas and taxing millionaires at a rate of at least 30 percent.Rep...

...Canadian Shield. Shields have relatively few layers of sedimentary rocks like shale from which came most of the earth's oil and gas deposits. To our west, the basement rock dips down to form the Williston Basin which includes the western Dakotas...

...our state's energy," the letter reads. "The $25 billion that we spend out of state on dirty fuels like coal, oil and gas should be diverted to creating jobs in Minnesota producing our own clean energy."Councilwoman Mary Koep opposed the...

...redrawn ... by the resurgence of oil and gas production in the United States...hydraulic fracturing is unlocking tight oil and gas shale deposits, leading to this...has become the fastest-growing oil and gas producer in the world, and is likely...

...drought, are costing our country tens of billions. As predicted, the longer we delay in curbing our use of coal, oil, and gas, the more it costs to adapt and the more irreversible the problem becomes. Driving these destructive weather events...

...drought are costing our country tens of $billions. As predicted, the longer we delay in curbing our use of coal, oil, and gas, the more it costs to adapt and the more irreversible the problem becomes. Driving these destructive weather events...

...values as the United States."But there is an entirely new reality with U.S. energy production and consumption. New oil and gas supply is emerging, and fossil fuel demand is being reduced by conservation and costs. Oil imports are declining to...