Fractured: North Dakota's Oil Boom
Clip: 7/30/2013 | 4m 22s
We revisit a preview of a Field Museum exhibition, Fractured: North Dakota's Oil Boom.
In a Field Museum exhibition, a Chicago photographer teams with a nationally known journalist to document and explore the North Dakota oil boom. ydraulic fracturing – or fracking – passed the Illinois House legislature, and the controversial drilling practice will soon have implications for the state. We revisit a preview of Fractured: North Dakota's Oil Boom.
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Fractured: North Dakota's Oil Boom
Clip: 7/30/2013 | 4m 22s
In a Field Museum exhibition, a Chicago photographer teams with a nationally known journalist to document and explore the North Dakota oil boom. ydraulic fracturing – or fracking – passed the Illinois House legislature, and the controversial drilling practice will soon have implications for the state. We revisit a preview of Fractured: North Dakota's Oil Boom.
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