Items by Nicholas Kusnetz

A ride with a Bakken water trucker
A ride with a Bakken water trucker
Reporter Nicholas Kusnetz rides along with Mike Reynolds, who left his logging business in Washington State to work trucking water to the Bakken's oil fields.
Nicholas Kusnetz Video Aug. 6, 2012 From the print edition
The Bakken oil play spurs a booming business -- in water
The Bakken oil play spurs a booming business -- in water
Hydraulic fracturing's extraordinary appetite for water is creating friction between North Dakota's farmers and drillers.
Nicholas Kusnetz Aug. 6, 2012 From the print edition
Feds Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time
Feds Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time
The Environmental Protection Agency finds a connection between fracking and water pollution
Abrahm Lustgarten and Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica Dec. 9, 2011