Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- March 31, 2023

• North Dakota's economic future is in coal, but not for the usual reason -- Governing

• Public input sessions set for proposed MDU electric rate hike -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota ranks inside the top ten states with lowest electricity prices -- WDAY

• Summit says it has 70% of easements needed for pipeline in ND -- Dickinson Press

• Port: Maybe the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline isn't as controversial as it seems? -- Fargo Forum

• Farmer concerns, support surface at Summit Carbon pipeline hearing -- Dickinson Press

• ND House kills remaining CO2 pipeline bills seeking to beef up property rights -- Ag Week

• Crews battle fire at Hess Corp. oil well pad in western North Dakota over 12 hours -- Dickinson Press

• 475 barrels of produced saltwater spilled from a valve leak in Bottineau County -- KX News

• ND Senate approves tax exemption for coal processors to explore rare earth elements -- KX News

• Senate lawmakers take another look at a nearly $300 million flat tax proposal at the capitol -- KX News

• North Dakota governor signs bill exempting military pay from state income tax -- Dickinson Press

• Greater ND Chamber happy with legislature's work on workforce development, more to do -- KFGO

• ND tribal nations now eligible for cost-share agreements with State Water Commission -- KX News

• North Dakota releases 2022 fourth quarter, yearly taxable sales numbers -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Stark County Sheriff promotes two deputies to corporal, outlines growth plan -- Dickinson Press

• Vacancy in Northwest Judicial District to be assessed by Supreme Court -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Gov. discusses economy, use of AI, childcare needs at Community Impact ceremony -- KFYR - TV

• Dickinson High School legend to be inducted into North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame -- Dickinson Press

• Officials warn of spring flooding dangers after record, near record snowfall -- Bowman County Pioneer

• Road issues discussed by Mercer County Commission at their most recent meeting -- The Beacon

• North Dakota schools will now require computer science, cybersecurity classes -- Dickinson Press

• House passes bill on instruction of 'specified concepts' at North Dakota colleges -- Dickinson Press

• House bill aims to boost private education, but some worry about diverted funding -- Williston Herald

• Williston teachers, school board to meet this week to begin contract term negotiations -- KFYR - TV

• Education officials hope apprenticeships are an answer to state's teacher shortages -- KX News

• Opportunities expanding for state's high school students to explore career options -- Dickinson Press

• Williston State College to offer bachelor's degrees on-campus thanks to U Mary -- KFYR - TV

• State Senate narrowly passes bill allowing students to enroll in virtual classrooms -- KX News

• Constituents say it's a bad look for state to limit expansion of free school meals -- Williston Herald

• State Board of Higher Education votes to block TikTok from university networks -- Dickinson Press

• Rural districts worry private school reimbursements divert funding from public schools -- Tioga Tribune

• Biden's anti-U.S. mining climate agenda is making China stronger -- Climate Change Dispatch

• ConocoPhillips CEO doubles down on Alaska oil as competitors leave Arctic -- Wall Street Journal

• Implausibility of Net Zero becoming clear, Europe backs off gas car ban -- Wall Street Journal

• Business groups mobilize to pass GOP energy package; Biden threatens veto -- Politico

• Why House Republicans say Senate Democrats need GOP's energy package -- Washington Times

• Opinion: As COVID hysteria fades, climate change hysteria rises -- Washington Times

• Media outlets admit hysterical climate coverage is counterproductive -- Climate Change Dispatch

• The energy transition is a delusion indeed; an "exercise in groupthink fantasy" -- Real Clear Energy

• John Kerry rushes to defense of climate activist leaders who use private jets -- Fox News

• The green energy agenda wastes tax dollars, increases poverty; it must stop -- Real Clear Energy

• Pursuit of the green dream will make inequality a LOT worse -- Manhattan Contrarian

• Greens can't hide that wind/solar are poor energy sources and bad for environment -- David Turver

• BlackRock's Larry Fink and the new post-ESG realism;, backing off net zero -- Real Clear Energy

• Climate Expert Roger Pielke Jr.: The misinformation in the IPCC Part 1 -- Climate Change Dispatch

• EU and US diverge on nuclear, ND leasing news, and HR1 gets a Democrat -- Washington Examiner

• Oil companies offer $264M in Gulf oil sale held under climate compromise -- Bismarck Tribune

• California Screamin': Rush to "green energy" resulted in soaring electricity prices -- Robert Bryce

• Silicon Valley Bank collapse was a failure of ESG (as in governance) -- Axios

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- March 24, 2023

• The future of oil pipelines in North Dakota, will there be more? -- KX News

 

• New incentive pending to bring Bakken gas to central, eastern ND -- Prairie Public

 

• ND Senate advances bill offering tax incentives for well re-stimulation -- KFYR - TV

 

• North Dakota Petroleum Council president reacts to UN Climate Report -- KFYR - TV

 

• Bakken shale natgas prices 'in the tank' as production rebounds from storms -- Natural Gas Intelligence

 

• Converting orphaned oil wells to water wells for livestock has run into some resistance -- Prairie Public

 

• January was a good month for North Dakota's oil, gas production with 6% increase -- Tioga Tribune

 

• Public Service Commission plans public input meetings for proposed MDU rate increase -- KFYR - TV

 

• Budget writers set North Dakota's state tax revenue forecast for next two years -- Bismarck Tribune

 

• North Dakota is catching the eye of investors because of stable policy, competitive taxes -- KX News

 

• North Dakota House tosses bills for child care relief but sector could see aid later -- Dickinson Press

 

• Small businesses invited to the legislature, urge lawmakers to solve workforce shortage -- KFYR - TV

 

• Flood outlooks differ for western, eastern ND; officials begin response planning -- Bismarck Tribune

 

• Lawmakers advancing restrictions to process for citizens to amend state constitution -- Dickinson Press

 

• Nature's Generator donates $100K+ in-kind donation to three North Dakota tribes -- PR Newswire

 

• Outdoor emergency siren system loan approved by Ward County Commissioners -- KFYR-TV

 

• City Of Minot says they are prepared for melting snow with flood wall protection plan -- KX News

 

• Divide County Commissioners pass resolution against PERS conversion in HB1040 -- The Journal

 

• A resolution to save the wild animals in Theodore Roosevelt National Park passes -- KX News

 

• Day care funding vote, two bills and two resolutions introduced by Novak -- Beulah Beacon

 

• Senator Keith Boehm provides update on House bills working through Senate -- Beulah Beacon

 

• Bracing for impact: Mercer County considers preparation for possible floods, storms -- Hazen Star

 

• Former chancellor sees accreditation risk in North Dakota higher ed tenure bill -- Dickinson Press

 

• Stanley Elementary receives $75,000 grant for success as high-performing Title I School -- KX News

 

• North Dakota Senate kills bill requiring parent permission for students' activities -- Dickinson Press

 

• ND moves to expand free meals as over half of US states eye universal lunches -- Dickinson Press

 

• University of North Dakota receives $1M grant for methane emissions reduction project -- Kevin Cramer

 

• Leaders vow no tolerance for racist taunts at sporting events, warn of deeper bigotry -- Williston Herald

 

• Williston Basin School District takes new direction in middle school reconfiguration plan -- KFYR-TV

 

• Hazen Elementary named one of the top Kids' Heart Challenge fundraising school in ND -- KX News

 

• Tioga school district discovers property tax levy to exceed state's 60-mill requirement -- Tioga Tribune

 

• Five Divide Co. High School choir students qualify for state Class B music contest -- Crosby Journal

 

• Alexander's Terrille Jacobson named Athletic Director of the Year 2022-23 -- McKenzie County Farmer

 

• Training Tigers: New England teachers learn CPR, emergency medical protocols -- Dickinson Press

 

• Belfield speech team coach helps students build confidence and camaraderie -- Dickinson Press

 

• The carbon capture fantasy: Emissions of CO2 will continue to grow -- PolicyWorks America

 

• Woke to Broke: ESG social investments result in lower rates of return -- Prager U

 

• New radioactive water leak prompts early closure of Minn. nuclear power plant -- CBS News

 

• Tucker Carlson calls out climate change 'experts' and their failed predictions -- Fox News

 

• Series of oil and gas lease sales in 2023 still scheduled under a broken leasing system -- Newsweek

 

• Biden's Willow oil project approval promises to widen rift between Alaska Natives -- Bismarck Tribune

 

• Fort Peck tribes in early planning stages of ambitious 'blue' hydrogen project -- Bismarck Tribune

 

• High-dollar pipeline fights over CO2 projects scramble Midwest politics -- The New York Times

 

• U.S. petroleum product exports set a record high in 2022 -- Energy Information Administration

 

• The UN's newest climate report is a woke dumpster fire masquerading as science -- Daily Caller

 

• Judge pauses Biden waterway protections in Texas, Idaho; ND lawsuit continues -- Bismarck Tribune

 

• Goldman Sachs anticipates Biden's landmark clean-energy law costing US $1.2 trillion -- Bloomberg

 

• The United States' energy future needs critical minerals—and Latin America | Opinion -- Newsweek

 

• U.S. energy secretary says it could take years to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve -- Reuters

 

• Clean energy takes root in rural America; co-ops lured by federal grants and subsidies -- Politico

 

• Australians pay high price for wind/solar 'transition': Power prices jump 25-30% -- Stop These Things

 

• Paper in Harvard Law Review calls for prosecuting oil firms for 'climate deaths' -- Climate Depot

 

• Wind power is inadequate, intermittent, unreliable, vulnerable, with a short life-span -- GWPF