Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- August 21, 2021

• Funding for clean energy projects could come by end of year -- Bismarck Tribune

• Basic Energy files Chapter 11, and more things to know in energy -- Williston Herald

• Oil patch shows signs of awakening despite flat oil production -- Tioga Tribune

• Editorial: Land Board's filing shows the system works -- Bismarck Tribune

• Bakken Restart among energy priorities in infrastructure deal -- Williston Herald

• MDU fined by PSC for mis-marking underground facilities -- Prairie Public

• ND Legacy Fund in-state investment program launches website -- Bismarck Tribune

• Rural areas could lose power, cities could gain in redistricting process -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota faces record drug deaths, 118 died in 2020 -- Bismarck Tribune

• Firefighters battle wildfire north of Glendive, took 2 days to extinguish -- Williston Herald

• Census 2020: Tioga's population nearly doubles, now 2,202 -- Tioga Tribune

• 2020 census numbers show county population up more than 9,700 -- McLean County Independent

• First census gains in Burke and Divide County since 1930 -- Crosby Journal

• Dickinson Police department finalizes policy on body worn cameras -- Dickinson Press

• Ward County Commission seeks more review of 2nd Amendment ordinance -- Minot Daily News

• Leadership Williston's latest sessions talks politics, public works and projects -- Williston Herald

• Loop road construction in TR National Park should be complete in 2022 -- Prairie Public

• There is a shortage of quality, affordable childcare in North Dakota -- Prairie Public

• NDSU President issues indoor mask mandate for fall classes -- Valley News Live

• NDSU to give students who get COVID vaccine $100 -- Fargo Forum

• US Education Dept. approves ND plan for spending $305 million on schools -- KX News

• New staff members at Divide County schools are all locals -- Crosby Journal

• McKenzie County school board okays $29.7 million preliminary budget -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Underwood educators optimistic for start of 2021-22 school year -- KX News

• North Dakota K-12 student performance slipped in 2020-2021 school year -- KFGO Radio

• DOE awards $83 million in energy efficiency grants, NDSU among recipients -- Department of Energy

• OPEC+nations see no need to meet Biden's request for more supply -- Reuters

• Interior to resume leasing, but zero details on when, where and how -- Energy in Depth

• Biden's America Last energy policy, bowing to radicals, killing jobs -- Real Clear Energy

• Biden gears up for renewed fight against oil and gas industry -- Colorado Politics

• Biden administration to review climate impacts of federal coal leases -- Reuters

• Another round of anti-science from the IPCC, Power play by UN -- Manhattan Contrarian

• Climate change report brings a flood of hyperbole, misinformation -- Wall Street Journal

• Study finds sun, not CO2, may be the cause of global warming -- Epoch Times

• China cranks up carbon-intensive projects as "climate crisis" grows -- Reuters

• ESG fund managers must learn from the tech bubble ? returns matter -- Financial Times

• Inventories are low, so will natural gas prices spike again this winter? -- American Experiment