• Land Board takes no action on energy company settlement offers -- Associated Press
• Bakken Pipeline expected to help ND production, natural gas capture -- NGI
• More research into 'rare earth' elements in lignite coal -- Prairie Public Radio
• How Wyoming's success in carbon capture matters to North Dakota -- KXMB-TV
• UND's EERC studies hydrogen 'roadmap,' underground storage -- Fargo Forum
• DOE grants more than $3.3 million to fund energy research in Montana -- KFYR-TV
• Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push -- Associated Press
• With oil prices up, Bakken drilling activity is picking up -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Despite pressure from opponents, Biden continues defense of Line 3 project -- Fargo Forum
• When will oil and gas activity get back to normal? -- Williston Herald
• Failed candidate for governor leads effort to recall Governor Burgum -- Associated Press
• Lawmakers confirm talks with Governor Burgum about special session -- KFYR-TV
• ND tax revenues doing well, despite the pandemic challenges -- Prairie Public Radio
• 15 GOP governors urge release of Census redistricting data, including Burgum -- KXMB-TV
• School District Board okays agreement with teachers for next school year -- Williston Herald
• 1963 addition to Beulah High School demolished as part of update -- KFYR-TV
• Voters reject $86 million bond referendum for Grand Forks Public Schools -- KVRR-TV
• School administrators try to fill the void of teacher shortage -- KXMB-TV
• North Dakota's unemployment rate nearing pre-pandemic levels -- KFYR-TV
• Central ND remains in exceptional drought, other areas improved -- Minot Daily News
• Watford City, McKenzie County taxable sales plummet in first quarter -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Sales stats show decline but not everyone is buying it -- The Journal
• Bakken BBQ garners largest crowd in event history -- Dickinson Press
• ND Safety Council, OSHA and other groups work for 'trench safety' -- Prairie Public Radio
• Bank of North Dakota sees nearly $28 million drop in profits in 2020 -- KFYR-TV
• Coal prices hit decade high despite efforts to wean off carbon -- Wall Street Journal
• Interior sec'y says no plan 'right now' to ban new oil, gas leasing -- Reuters
• Oil climbs to highest in over two years as U.S. supplies tighten -- Reuters
• While claiming 'environmental justice', protesters vandalize native businesses -- Energy In Depth
• SEC wants more climate disclosures, businesses prepare to fight -- Wall Street Journal
• Reducing oil use to meet climate targets is tougher than cutting supply -- Reuters
• Blackouts loom in California as electricity prices are 'absolutely exploding' -- Real Clear Energy
• Biden administration stands by BLM nominee despite tree-spiking case -- Washington Times
• California Dreamin' meets reality: Don't charge your EV during heat waves -- Climate Realism