“Our point wasn’t to say ‘Carbon dioxide is causing global warming and we all better watch out.’ Not at all.” Spilde told me by way of e-mail. “Rather, it was to note that, no matter what your view on global warming, no matter what is scientifically happening, no matter whose facts you use to bolster your argument, a chain of events has begun in Washington that can have major ramifications in North Dakota. Energy is a big deal here.”

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