Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- August 27, 2021

 Geoff Simon's quick connects:

• Enbridge expects Line 3 to be operational in 2021's fourth quarter -- Fargo Forum

• Minnesota Supreme Court delivers blow to Line 3 opponents -- Bismarck Tribune

• Line 3 opponents descend on Minnesota Capitol to seek a stop -- Bismarck Tribune

• Innovation will lead ND to become first carbon neutral state -- Fargo Inc.

• Bette Grande: Sky is falling climate predictions are "badly flawed" -- Fargo Forum

• With production stalling, the Bakken is a sleeping giant -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Bakken Energy CEO: North Dakota's blue hydrogen will be green -- Williston Herald

• First day enrollment numbers down 64 in Minot Public Schools -- Minot Daily News

• Recent rains won't end the drought but 'it is looking a little better around here' -- Ag Week

• Water emergency funding made available in North Dakota -- KFYR-TV

• FCC awards $41M in telehealth funding, Watford City gets $194K -- Becker's Hospital Review

• Emergency Commission approves $2.5M for hay transportation assistance program -- KX News

• Court decision favors central North Dakota water supply project -- Minot Daily News

• Council members promise to address records storage disarray -- Crosby Journal

• Plaza man publishes second children's book in a series about oil and gas industry -- Valley News Live

• Alexander school sees small enrollment growth, up 15 students -- McKenzie County Farmer

• In-person instruction critical this year in Minot public, private schools -- KFYR-TV

• South Heart Public School establishes virtual academy for online students -- Dickinson Press

• Audit finds 'extensive' issues in finances of Parshall school district -- Bismarck Tribune

• Bowman County school campus gets ready for fall with a few changes -- Bowman County Pioneer

• North Dakota saw a 42.2% increase in home-educated students last year -- KFYR-TV

• Germany flirts with power crunch as nuclear and coal plants close -- Bloomberg Green

• In Montana, Ryan Zinke stages a political comeback, running for House -- Washington Examiner

• New Mexico drilling permits skyrocketed under Trump, 10,000 in four years -- Santa Fe Reporter

• Does climate change cause extreme weather? A scorching reality check -- Real Clear Investigations

• Biden infrastructure plan is Solyndra on steroids, paying off donors -- Real Clear Energy

• Blackrock's former sustainable investing chief now thinks ESG is a 'dangerous placebo' -- CNBC

• Fossil fuels (oil, gas, and coal) are used in more ways than just burning for energy. -- Master Resource

• Pennsylvania is catching up with Texas natural gas production -- Farm and Dairy

• We need more U.S. oil production, not an import-more-foreign-oil strategy -- Real Clear Energy

• China's provinces still planning over 100 GW of new coal projects -- Reuters

• California to add five natural gas generation plants to avoid blackouts -- California Globe

• Biden's clean energy program loses opportunity for Afghan lithium -- Institute for Energy Research