Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- June 26, 2021

• 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