Dakota Resource Council

The Dakota Resource Council (DRC) was founded in 1978 as an umbrella for local groups seeking to protect North Dakota's agricultural resources from unchecked energy development. With its massive coal reserves as well as the largest wind resource among the 50 states, North Dakota is at the epicenter of the debate over coal versus renewable alternatives.

Currently, DRC works with six affiliate organizations:
 * Badlands Area Resource Council
 * Grand Forks County Citizens Coalition
 * McKenzie County Energies and Taxation Association
 * Missouri Valley Resource Council
 * Souris Valley Chapter
 * South Agassiz Resource Council

DRC has been an active opponent of the Big Stone II power plant proposal. Recently, the Council also learned of plans to build a gasification plant in South Heart, North Dakota.

Targeted coal plant proposals

 * American Lignite Energy
 * Big Stone Unit 2
 * Gascoyne 175 Project
 * Gascoyne 500 Project
 * South Heart Power Project
 * GTL Energy (USA) Limited, Coal Beneficiation Facility
 * Spiritwood Industrial Park

Group details
Location: Headquarters in Dickinson, ND; field offices in Fargo and Bismarck, ND Group website: Dakota Resource Council Contact: Mary Mitchell, mary [at] drcinfo.com Cindy Klein cindy [at] drcinfo.com

Other issues

 * Coal mining and reclamation in North Dakota
 * Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
 * Externalities laws and summary

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 * Citizen groups working on coal issues
 * Global warming
 * Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)