Geoff Simon's Quick Connects: February 11, 2022

• DEQ sets public hearing for Secure Energy TENORM permits -- Williston Herald

• Xcel plan to reduce CO2 emissions approved by MN regulators -- WEAU News

• Bad news: PUC approves Xcel's premature coal shutdown -- American Experiment

• Wellspring Hydro aims to turn produced water into profit -- KFYR-TV

• Oasis continues its Bakken transformation with Crestwood-OMP merger -- Williston Herald

• With no statewide authority over CO2 pipelines, Minnesota looks to update rules -- Dickinson Press

• A year later: Capital Electric Cooperative reflects on 2021 energy emergency -- North Dakota Living

• Ag groups voice frustrations with Biden administration's WOTUS plans -- Williston Herald

• Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring seeks reelection -- Bismarck Tribune

• Longtime ND lawmaker Bill Devlin who led redistricting to retire -- Bismarck Tribune

• First Lady Kathryn Burgum to deliver Hazelden Betty Ford commencement address -- Business Wire

• Kari Cutting enters House race in North Dakota District 33, Coal Country -- Bismarck Tribune

• Belfield tackles mental health, city finances in monthly meeting -- Dickinson Press

• Williston City Commission approves 20 community enhancement grants -- Williston Herald

• Dickinson social worker honored with Stark County Spirit of Excellence Award -- Dickinson Press

• North Dakota colleges discussing 'test optional' for admissions -- Bismarck Tribune

• Editorial: North Dakota should act now to address low teacher morale, resignations -- Fargo Forum

• Grant puts Bakken Area Skills Center one step closer to a reality -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Educators across North Dakota share how to improve special education -- KX News

• Liberal court dings Mountain Valley Pipeline, this time over climate impact on rare fish -- Reuters

• State REAs support and strengthen education in North Dakota -- Dept of Public Instruction

• Alliance wants to make Western Pa. a hub for hydrogen production -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• Nikola kicks off hydrogen truck tests with pre-Super Bowl beer runs for Anheuser-Busch -- Forbes

• BlackRock climate-crusade doubletalk, demanding companies reduce emissions -- Wall Street Journal

• It's not just climate: Are we ignoring other causes of weather disasters -- Yale Environment 360

• Skeptical environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg on 50 years of misguided climate panic -- City A.M.

• Study: There is no extreme precipitation, drought, flood, hurricane, tornado -- Climate Science Press

• As oil nears $100 a barrel, U.S. drillers get busy in costly shale basins -- Reuters