Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- October 11, 2024

• North Dakota's pipeline authority flags wildfire impact on oil, gas output -- Reuters

• Wildfires shut oil, gas output in North Dakota's Bakken patch -- RBN Energy

• Public Service Commission inches closer to Summit decision -- North Dakota Monitor

• Wrigley in legal battle with EPA over open records request -- North Dakota Monitor

• Colstrip, climate and electricity rates loom large in Montana utility board race -- Montana Free Press

• Iowa Supreme Court hears landowner case against Summit pipeline surveys -- Iowa Capital Dispatch

• Western Dakota Energy Association discusses state, industry hot topics at meeting -- Minot Daily News

• New wildfire starts near Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park; forward progression halted -- Dickinson Press

• Ray-Tioga fires claimed two lives and burned 90,000 acres in western North Dakota -- Dickinson Press

• FEMA authorizes funds to fight North Dakota's Bear Den and Elk Horn fires -- Bowman County Pioneer

• Ethics Commission seeks legislation to bolster transparency, investigative authority -- Bismarck Tribune

• NDHHS accepting applications for heating assistance through the LIHEAP program -- Bismarck Tribune

• Ranchers estimate it will take years to recover from devastating western ND wildfires -- Dickinson Press

• No wild horses will be removed after herd roundup at Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park -- Dickinson Press

• Tourism is the third largest industry in North Dakota, leaders call for more legislative support -- KX News

• 'Nope on Dope' marketing and social media campaign targets North Dakota's Measure 5 -- InForum

• PSC presents reclamation awards to Coteau Properties, Falkirk Mining Company -- Minot Daily News

• McKenzie officials implement strict burn restrictions as fire danger soars -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Ward County property owners to see 7% tax increase with newly approved budget -- Minot Daily News

• Southwest Pipeline Project reaches major capital repayment milestone -- Bowman County Pioneer

• Minot residents to see drop in city's share of property taxes next year on approved budget -- KFYR - TV

• Potential elimination of property taxes still a concern for Divide County commissioners -- The Journal

• Williston Basin board approved second bid package for the new elementary school -- Williston Herald

• Dickinson Public Schools unveils renovation plans to modernize high school -- Dickinson Press

• Parshall integrates culture of MHA Nation with T-4 summit; students present honor song -- KX News

• Minot School Board approves final reading of 2024-2025 budget and 2024 tax levy -- Minot Daily News

• Towner-Granville-Upham awarded $39K to fund all students lunches for one year -- Minot Daily News

• NDSU launches Bison to the Bakken, connects students to energy industry partners -- Bismarck Tribune

• Chevron to sell $6.5 billion in oil sands and shale assets to Canadian Natural Resources -- World Oil

• Western govt's cracking down on climate dissent to preserve costly green agendas -- RealClearEnergy

• World's largest publicly traded bitcoin miner taps shale patch in new power generation project -- Reuters

• Oil prices jumped 4% on spike in U.S. fuel use before Hurricane Milton, Israel-Iran fears -- Reuters

• Chinese miner to build facility to turn coal into petroleum products to cut expected excess -- Oil Price

• UN's Guterres pushes many alarmist stories and misinformation at Climate Week -- RealClearEnergy

• Demand for fully electric vehicles crumbles ? what's pushing buyers back to hybrids? -- Auto Blog

• EPA carbon rules rely on CO2 capture, but its model shows it won't be used until 2055 -- Just The News

• Former Biden EPA head admits agency underestimated grid impact in its green push -- Just The News

• DOE stonewalling release of residential energy cost report and electrify everything push -- Robert Bryce

• Constant regulation by litigation has undermined the fair administration of justice -- Real Clear Energy

• Journalism Review says climate reporters have "a moral obligation" to be biased -- Just The News

• Prophets of Doom: Why the 2024 climate report is more about fear than facts -- Irrational Fear

• NASA data show population growth, UHI drive temperatures, not climate change -- Climate Realism

• Britain's last coal-fired plant is closing, ending 142 years of coal-fired power in the UK -- CBS42

• UK industrial electricity prices are four times more expensive than in the United States -- IER

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- October 4, 2024

• Hunt for rare earth elements in ND lignite coal goes underground -- Bismarck Tribune

• Phase one of Project Tundra near Center expected to get started in October -- MSN

• Utility regulators approve huge natural gas processing plant -- North Dakota Monitor

• Lignite Energy Council mobilizes industry leaders against EPA regulations -- KX News

• MDU and AARP reach settlement on natural gas rates; PSC to rule later on 6% hike -- Bismarck Tribune

• Montana bill would block BLM plan that would end new coal leasing in Powder River Basin -- E&E News

• Enerfore Digital allowed to apply for conditional use permit for Williams County data center -- KFYR - TV

• McKenzie County continues to dominate in state oil and gas production -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Supporters and opposition discuss financial impact of Measure 4 vote in North Dakota -- KFYR - TV

• Senator Dean Rummel describes Measure 4 as 'corporate gain and community loss' -- Dickinson Press

• Armstrong opposes Measure 4 but says property tax reform should be priority -- North Dakota Monitor

• Poll: North Dakota Republican candidates look set for clean sweep of top races -- North Dakota Monitor

• India consul general visits North Dakota; state plans trade mission next year -- Bismarck Tribune

• Hess Corp donates $25K to Heroes and Horses, a nonprofit supporting veterans -- Minot Daily News

• 24 teams compete in Faces of Coal golf outing, raising $15,000 for Hazen movie theater -- The Beacon

• Rural Community Grant Fund: Helping western North Dakota get infrastructure funding -- KX News

• Business and civic leaders gather in Minot to discuss challenges facing current workforce -- KFYR - TV

• National Park Service awards nearly $1.3M to Sully Creek State Park near Medora -- Bismarck Tribune

• Here are the top 25 public schools in ND, East Fairview Elementary at top of list -- NewsCenter1

• Harvey sixth grade students enrich their community through annual service projects -- Minot Daily News

• Dickinson Middle School commemorates annual Citizenship and Constitution Day -- Dickinson Press

• Dickinson fifth-graders dive into hands-on experiences at third annual career fair -- Dickinson Press

• ND students save money through advanced placement exams, superintendent says -- Fargo Forum

• Minot's school enrollment numbers are up, but its test scores are below the state average -- KX News

• Montanans, international students help propel Williston State College's fall enrollment -- KFYR - TV

• Advanced Placement exam success saves students $2.1 million in college tuition costs -- The Beacon

• Youth T4 Summit will host a two-day career event on October 9-10 in Parshall -- Minot Daily News

• The criminalization of oil and gas by idealogues must be stopped, but no one is doing it -- Townhall

• Two basic facts are driving the ignorance of America's inevitable future energy crisis -- CFACT

• Tally of U.S. wind and solar farms in renewable rejection database reaches 735 -- Robert Bryce

• FTC allows $53B purchase of Hess Corp in order barring Hess CEO from Chevron's board -- Reuters

• US oil demand grew to highest seasonal level since 2019 in July while output declined -- Reuters

• U.S. oil and gas workforce shows steady growth and stabilization, Energy Workforce reports -- World Oil

• 'Fastest and most efficient transition' to renewable energy requires natural gas for backup -- E&E News

• World consumption of coal to stay largely stable this year and next despite renewable expansion -- IEA

• Billings County School District in Medora to receive three new classrooms and a gym -- KFYR - TV

• Global gas demand is picking up this year at a stronger pace than in the past two years -- Oil Price

• Voters strongly agree: Americans deserve to know more about candidates' energy positions -- API

• How J.D. Vance turned the tables on the Democrats' climate agenda during the VP debate -- Breitbart

• John Kerry's war on Free Speech is about censoring skeptic climate opinions -- Unleash Prosperity

• Media, FEMA use Hurricane Helene to stoke climate fears, ignore natural cycles -- Irrational Fear

• Beijing exploits the Biden-Harris climate agenda, making U.S. more vulnerable to China -- Red State

• Bill Gates, other billionaires, recruit journalists to promote alarmist climate agenda -- Patriot Post

• Media claimed Hurricane Helene was worsened by climate change, ignore science -- Climate Realism

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- September 27, 2024

• PSC approves certificate of site compatibility for Cerilon facility -- Williston Herald

• DAPL protestor's complaint from 2017 back in North Dakota District Court -- KX News

• Construction continues on $1.3 billion data center in Ellendale -- Aberdeen Insider

• Camelina-based sustainable aviation fuel takes first flight from MN -- Dickinson Press

• Mayor Brandon Bochenski op-ed: Clean Energy Week, North Dakota-style -- Washington Times

• State energy assistance program covering more heating costs for low-income residents -- InForum

• Minnesota utility regulators to decide what qualifies under state's carbon-free energy law -- MPR News

• House votes 215-191 to repeal EPA auto emissions rule; Biden vows to veto -- North Dakota Monitor

• Xcel plans for new gas plant to meet Minnesota "carbon-free" electric mandate -- American Experiment

• Governor candidates Piepkorn, Armstrong concerned about property tax proposal -- Dickinson Press

• Majority Leader Hogue discusses Measure 4 with Minot Area Chamber EDC -- Minot Daily News

• Rob Port: Why Measure 4 is probably going down in flames, no suitable alternative -- Fargo Forum

• Volume of North Dakota bill draft requests up significantly ahead of 2025 session -- Dickinson Press

• Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library appoints Robbie Lauf executive director -- Dickinson Press

• Ian Cramer pleads guilty to all charges in connection with deputy's death -- North Dakota Monitor

• Press asked to leave an online state GOP election integrity training for Republicans only -- InForum

• Three Affiliated Tribes' Election Board announces results for tribal business council -- Minot Daily News

• Williams County Commission grants appeal for possible Enerfore Bitcoin data center -- Williston Herald

• Construction completed for the new Wolf Pup Daycare; openings available at all facilities -- KFYR - TV

• Stark, Dunn, Billings, Golden Valley, Slope, and Hettinger are under burn restrictions -- Dickinson Press

• Tioga City Commissioners vote to fire city auditor after unauthorized transfer of $10 million -- KFYR - TV

• Minot City Council to consider hiring investigator to look into police dept allegations -- Minot Daily News

• Williston City Commission approves budget for 2025, among other items of business -- Williston Herald

• Ray school foresees growing pains from added jobs due to proposed Basin projects -- The Journal

• Restructuring K-12 public education system to a "school choice" model a bad idea -- Williston Herald

• State Board of Higher Education opts to keep Orton in charge at Dickinson State University -- KX News

• North Dakota college enrollment has risen 3.6 percent this year, totaling 45,000 students -- KFYR - TV

• ND colleges report enrollment gains despite competing with MN free tuition -- North Dakota Monitor

• UND returning Native American remains to tribal nations years after being identified -- Dickinson Press

• US Dept of Education awards $500,000 to North Dakota Dept of Public Instruction -- Kevin Cramer

• Applications reopen for North Dakota Board of Public School Education until Oct. 11 -- Dickinson Press

• Biden-Harris hold no offshore oil and gas lease sales in 2024, first time since 1958 -- Just The News

• Harris dodges questions on her pledge to nix the filibuster for the Green New Deal -- Free Beacon

• Radical enviros endorse Harris because they "can pressure and move her" on energy -- Daily Caller

• Texas Railroad Comm. probing Midland-area earthquake for connection to fracking -- Lubbock Journal

• PJM, MISO, SPP, and ERCOT join the legal fight against the EPA's Carbon Rules -- Energy Bad Boys

• FTC set to greenlight Chevron's $53B buy of oil rival Hess as soon as this week, sources say -- Reuters

• OPEC's latest World Oil Outlook 2024 makes it clear: peak oil demand is not on the horizon -- Oil Price

• Report: Oil and gas companies bring focus back to fossil fuels on energy security concerns -- World Oil

• US oil and gas drillers embrace electric rigs, but grid may not be ready, says Dallas Fed -- Reuters

• Coal's resurgence challenges energy transition; accounts for 26% of total consumption -- Oil Price

• Global oil demand growth to remain below 1M b/d in near future due to China slowdown -- S&P Global

• Newsom's war on big oil continues, calls them the "polluted heart of the climate crisis" -- Breitbart

• New scientific study links 200-year warming trend to declining cloud cover, not CO2 -- NoTricksZone