Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- October 22, 2021

 

• ND state revenues see 'positive track' in new budget cycle -- Bismarck Tribune

• ND permits first of likely many CO2 storage projects -- Williston Herald

• Program helps energy business train displaced oil workers -- Minot Daily News

• Redistricting likely to have favorable impact on Bakken -- Tioga Tribune

• Gasoline prices up in North Dakota despite summer's end -- Bismarck Tribune

• Judge dismisses charges against Bismarck and police officers over DAPL protest -- KFYR TV

• A dream 10 years in the making: Genesis breaks ground in Williston Square -- Williston Herald

• Port: Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem needs to own these legal failures -- Jamestown Sun

• Searches begin for new Job Service ND head, land commissioner -- Bismarck Tribune

• High court hears one side of argument in Divide County appeal -- Crosby Journal

• Southwest Water celebrates 30 years of service to Dickinson -- Dickinson Press

• Rural power, coalition wants America to know where its energy comes from -- The Daily Review

• Recent precipitation eases drought in ND, northwest corner still lacking -- Associated Press

• Economic development group offers mentoring for future leaders -- Tioga Tribune

• Badlands Dinosaur Museum airlifts tyrannosaur from Montana to Dickinson -- Dickinson Press

• Dickinson to abolish volunteer program; firefighters become part-time employees -- Dickinson Press

• Mental health getting a big boost from $2 million in grants from Williams County -- Williston Herald

• South Heart Public School expands its sustained silent reading program -- Dickinson Press

• ND colleges collaborate to preserve tribal language and culture -- US News

• Dual credit scholarship available from North Dakota University System -- Grand Forks Herald

• ND leaders urged to think big on child-care spending -- Bismarck Tribune

• Biden will get coal for Christmas; will be needed to stabilize grid -- Real Clear Energy

• COP26: Leak reveals nations want to play down call to move away from fossil fuels -- BBC

• Peabody stock surges 17% as energy crisis boosts demand for coal -- Yahoo Finance

• China tells mines to produce 'as much coal as possible' -- CNN

• 'This is our last chance:' Biden urges action as climate agenda hangs by a thread -- The Guardian

• Why bad climate legislation is worse than no climate legislation -- Michael Shellenberger

• UN demands further cuts to oil, gas and coal production to stop global warming -- Breitbart

• Americans are paying $144 million more for gas per day under Biden than under Trump -- Newsweek

• Biden suddenly loves frackers, asks industry to help reduce gas prices -- Wall Street Journal

• Exxon debates abandoning some of is biggest oil and gas projects -- Wall Street Journal

• Energy crunch hits global recovery as winter approaches, shortages everywhere -- Bismarck Tribune

• Europe made its energy bed and now must sleep in it -- shivering! -- Financial Post