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You Can Now See America's Shale Revolution From Space

Rob WileJan 28, 2013, 20:02 IST

The gas flaring byproduct of shale oil and gas drilling can now be seen from space, the FT's Ed Crooks and Ajay Makan observe.

Here's what Bakken, North Dakota — home of the country's most intense shale oil drilling — looked like in 2003:

And today — way more lit up.

The situation is actually not ideal, the pair say — flaring in North Dakota has increased the state's greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent. Bismarck legislators are considering laws to help curb the practice, they write.

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