Quick Connects -- Geoff Simon -- January 7, 2022

• Port: Coal Creek Station sale a victory for reality over politics -- Fargo Forum

• Judge rules DAPL security documents are public records -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota deals with extremely low inventories of propane -- News Dakota

• Question marks linger, but optimism high for ND oil activity in 2022 -- KFYR-TV

• Federal oil lease sale planned for early 2022 in North Dakota -- Bismarck Tribune

• Truck falls through Lake Sakakawea ice, no injuries -- KX News

• MDU seeks to tap new law in purchasing power from Young Station -- Bismarck Tribune

• Liberty reports leak in Williams County, produced water spilled -- Williston Herald

• North Dakota tourism rebounds despite Canada border closure -- Williston Herald

• ND congressional leaders join push against federal vax mandate -- Dickinson Press

• Letter: North Dakota shouldn't provide financial support for a speculative deal -- Fargo Forum

• Mike Jacobs: North Dakota political season opens officially -- Dickinson Press

• Arthaud assumes gavel as Stark County commission chair; Marsh vice-chair -- Dickinson Press

• Arts council gets emergency grant for Dakota Theatre -- Crosby Journal

• 2022 North Dakota Dollars for Scholars applications now open -- Dickinson Press

• Port: School districts should have to report bad teachers -- Dickinson Press

• Former teacher faces state scrutiny, potential license loss -- Crosby Journal

• Coal is still king, it generated 35 percent of the world's electricity in 2021 -- Power Mag

• Finally, Bloomberg admits renewables mania caused energy shortages -- Michael Shellenberger

• Boston awaits Caribbean LNG tanker, area lacking gas pipeline capacity -- BNN Bloomberg

• Europe's bad energy policy emboldens Russian aggression in Ukraine -- American Experiment

• Soaring energy prices are only the beginning, 'net zero' plans will cost trillions -- Wall Street Journal

• Feds say more than half of states will seek oil well cleanup funds including North Dakota -- Reuters

• Fury as EU moves ahead with plans to label gas and nuclear as 'green' -- The Guardian

• Yes, the Biden Administration does have a magic wand for energy prices -- Real Clear Energy