Geoff Simon’s Quick Connects — September 30, 2023

• New oil and gas rule would provide a pathway for CO2 utilization -- Bismarck Tribune

• Bismarck city leaders look to hire attorney for CO2 pipeline discussion -- KX News

• NDPC Annual Meeting wraps with production, employment challenges -- KFYR - TV

• ND largest producer predicts oil and gas around for another 100 years -- Argus Media

• Why Senate Majority Leader David Hogue deems pipelines necessary, safe, reliable -- KX News

• ND oil industry experts say Railway Safety Act likely to increase energy prices -- KFYR - TV

• Project Tundra backers say it'll keep the lights on while new energy develops -- Grand Forks Herald

• Maintaining local operations will be a challenge if property taxes are eliminated -- Jamestown Sun

• Burgum support for CO2 pipelines could spell presidential campaign trouble in Iowa -- Dickinson Press

• Governor Doug Burgum pushes to be heard in the second presidential debate -- Fargo Forum

• ND to join group promoting inclusion for immigrants, refugees, international students -- Dickinson Press

• ND Secretary of State approves format of petition to ban early voting in elections -- Valley News Live

• Department of Energy continues to push clean energy in rural North Dakota communities -- KX News

• Pushing back, pushing on: Summit presents update, answers public questions in Hazen -- The Beacon

• Park Service begins thirty day public comment period on wild horse herd in TRNP -- Bismarck Tribune

• Medora Musical faces transformative partnership as new company takes the reins -- Dickinson Press

• Park Service begins comment period on wild horses in TR National Park -- Bismarck Tribune

• Ward County Commission trims over $384,000 from budget, looks for more cuts -- Minot Daily News

• Small Sentinel Butte gas station operates on honor system, brings community together -- KFYR - TV

• Indian landowners concerned about timeliness and accuracy of mineral royalty payouts -- KX News

• Minot Committee on Childcare determines lack of workers, retention to be root of problem -- KX News

• Dickinson State University will discontinue seven majors, tenured faculty affected -- Dickinson Press

• West Fargo Public Schools $147 million bond referendum fails after low voter turnout -- Fargo Forum

• Dickinson High School's battle against aging infrastructure and funding crisis -- Dickinson Press

• New STEM center added at McVay Elementary due to funding from Chord Energy -- Williston Herald

• Career Day sparks dreams and learning for 350 young minds at 2nd annual event -- Dickinson Press

• Three applicants have stepped forward to fill the empty position on the Ray school board -- The Journal

• NDAREC to build substation that will provide training to beginner electricians, line workers -- KFYR - TV

• 2024 North Dakota Teacher of the Year recognized by State Superintendent Baesler -- Dickinson Press

• JPMorgan analyst sees energy supercycle with oil as high as $150 per barrel by 2026 -- Oil Price

• Fourteen energy groups call on Biden to revise 'punitive' leasing regulation plan -- The Center Square

• Russia and China are dominating the race for nuclear electricity generation -- Heartland Institute

• EPA's illegal power play on US electricity will almost certainly be struck down -- Real Clear Energy

• Get ready for a new era of carbon dioxide capture at coal and gas power plants -- Power Engineering

• Climate fact check: Heat, wildfires, hurricanes, penguins, puffins and sea level -- Climate Realism

• US thermal coal exports hit their highest levels since 2018 thanks to strong Asian demand -- Reuters

• Chinese demand drives deals at world's largest coal conference; country buying all it can get -- Reuters

• Top emitter China says no to fossil fuel "phase out" language ahead of UN Climate Summit -- Axios

• North American natural gas demand expected to be 'approaching its peak' -- Natural Gas Intelligence

• Trudeau's oil pipeline back on track after winning regulator approval on new route -- BNN Bloomberg

• John Kerry and Fatih Birol: Sacrifices needed at the altar of the green gods -- Forbes

• Are carbon capture decarbonization incentives changing the future of industry -- The Crude Life

• CBS News peddles climate-attribution misinformation on Canadian wildfires -- Climate Change Dispatch

• The case for doing (almost) nothing about climate change; use common sense -- National Post

Geoff Simon’s Quick Connects — September 22, 2023

• How veterans shape North Dakota's economy through the energy sector -- KX News

• North Dakota operators produce more gas while flaring less -- Energy Intelligence

• Oil and gas executives reflect on Bakken boom at MSU event -- Minot Daily News

• Donated decommissioned power substation finds new use in Mandan -- KX News

• Direct air capture project receives millions in funding; part of broader federal push -- Bismarck Tribune

• Summit carbon pipeline has new life in North Dakota, Iowa after hearings resume -- The Center Square

• New poll reveals surging support for carbon capture and ND coal industry -- Bowman County Pioneer

• North Dakota Legislature's Budget Section signs off on spending requests -- Bismarck Tribune

• Governor Burgum says he won't drop out if he doesn't make 2nd presidential debate -- Dickinson Press

• Sponsors of ballot measure to overhaul state's elections submit altered initiative -- Bismarck Tribune

• Rail Safety Act of 2023 could mean big changes for ND's railways and linked industries -- KFYR - TV

• North Dakota governor and Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum on UAW strikes -- NPR

• Summer of smoke: first time 7 North Dakota counties reach hazardous air quality -- Minot Daily News

• Community asks Ward County Commission to consider public budget hearing -- Minot Daily News

• Three grants available in Divide County for weatherization, energy efficiency programs -- The Journal

• Council holds firm on Minot's $200M budget as neighbors speak out about property taxes -- KX News

• Marmarth Post Office to close indefinitely this week due to high costs of keeping it open -- KFYR - TV

• Mercer County Commission make progress on 2024 budget, hold two separate meetings -- The Beacon

• MHA Nation announces ground blessing for new Son of Star casino in White Shield -- Minot Daily News

• Ward County makes plans for Southwest and Southeast Connector Corridor Study -- Minot Daily News

• 'Bright Beginnings' to provide more childcare opportunities for parents, interested students -- KFYR - TV

• Minot North High School's $200M future; leaders say it's reshaping the entire school district -- KX News

• Minot School Board approves $34.5M budget for 2023-2024 after second reading -- Minot Daily News

• Dickinson Middle School Citizenship and Constitution Day celebration instills values -- Dickinson Press

• Chord Energy and Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation to open four STEM centers -- McKenzie County Farmer

• UND, NDSU partner to revive summer residential North Dakota Governor's School -- UND News

• TrainND Northwest looks to build workforce by bringing drone curriculum to high schoolers -- KFYR - TV

• Divide County School Board approves 2023-24 budget; talks renovations, new gym floor -- The Journal

• Dickinson State University to tackle North Dakota's educator shortage with new grant -- Dickinson Press

• Legislature interim education committee explores snow days vs. online learning days -- KFYR - TV

• Bloomberg launches $500M war to close all coal plants and block gas plants -- Washington Examiner

• Energy emergency alert: Texas ERCOT grid's close call of September 6 -- Master Resource

• Oil nears $95 per barrel, keeping gas near summer highs; cuts continue to impact market -- The Hill

• U.S. offshore wind plans are utterly collapsing; costs are going way up -- Real Clear Energy

• US oil output from top shale producing areas to fall for 3rd straight month in October - EIA -- Reuters

• Biden admin unleashes 50-year mining, oil drilling ban across thousands of acres in NM -- Fox News

• Exxon working on direct air capture of CO2; no plans to invest in EV charging stations -- Reuters

• Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps -- Associated Press

• Oil, gas sector tells US lawmakers proposal to increase bond costs is unfair, may backfire -- S&P Global

• Biden broadens use of social cost of carbon to budgets, permitting, foreign assistance -- E&E News

• Oil backs CO2 capture, warns against demand destruction at World Petroleum Conference -- Oil Price

• Climate change: The defense of CO2 (with witnesses) -- Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions

• 175 ways the Biden administration and Democrats have mde it harder to produce oil & gas -- IER