Geoff Simon's Top North Dakota Energy Stories -- February 25, 2022

• Could a trigger increase North Dakota's oil extraction tax? -- Prairie Public

• Is the Bakken a 'mature play?' Not everyone agrees -- KFYR TV

• Leiman: ND is on its way to taking No. 1 GDP per capita -- Williston Herald

• U.S. Supreme Court rejects Dakota Access Pipeline appeal -- KFYR TV

• Ron Ness discusses implications of Ukraine-Russia tensions on ND -- WDAY Radio

• North Dakota lawmakers join calls to increase LNG exports and more -- Williston Herald

• Tribune editorial: North Dakota must find best balance of electric power -- Bismarck Tribune

• Labor, lack of infrastructure, taking the top off North Dakota's oil recovery -- Williston Herald

• Plain Talk: North Dakota's goose still has plenty of golden eggs -- Fargo Forum

• North Dakota to take part in grasslands carbon storage research project -- Bismarck Tribune

• Massive power demand looms as industrial projects eye western ND, report says -- Bismarck Tribune

• Governor Burgum developing spending plans for next budget cycle -- Bismarck Tribune

• Kansas administrator named president of North Dakota State University -- Associated Press

• ND ethics panel's proposed rules raise questions about campaign donations -- Bismarck Tribune

• Massive turnout for District 33 GOP meeting in Hazen -- Center Republican

• Port: North Dakota's ethics commissioners are afraid to let you watch their meetings -- Fargo Forum

• Former Billings County Commissioner Jim Arthaud sues blogger for defamation -- Dickinson Press

• 'I'm here because of you': Dickinson man thanks off-duty firemen, others for saving his life -- KFYR TV

• Sheriff's Office says oilfield activity justifies staffing, overtime -- McKenzie County Farmer

• 'Clean up the process': Stark County Auditor addresses priorities for 2022 -- Dickinson Press

• School board hires construction manager to examine building needs -- Tioga Tribune

• Watford City high school students named to Vision West board -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Growing need for special education teachers in North Dakota has UND looking -- Grand Forks Herald

• North Dakota public schools are rethinking curriculum, tailored to students -- KX News

• Ray, Tioga school board election deadlines approach; election set for May 3 -- Tioga Tribune

• Oil hits $100, US stock futures slide after Putin announces military operation in Donbas -- CNN

• Biden freezes new drilling leases after court rules against Social cost of carbon stat -- AP

• Supreme Court must stop the EPA's regulatory overreach on CO2 immediately -- Real Clear Energy

• Rocky Mountain states to team up on hydrogen tech proposal -- Associated Press

• International energy agency claim: Methane emissions are higher than countries report -- AP

• Russia crisis threatens to worsen Biden's gasoline price problem -- The Hill

• Op-ed: Working like the devil to lower energy prices, suggestions for Joe Biden -- The Hill

• Saudi Arabia slams shortsighted campaign against oil investment -- OilPrice.com

• Frackers push into once-dead shale patches as oil nears $100 per barrel -- Wall Street Journal

• Facebook, other tech giants censor inconvenient facts about climate change -- New York Post

• America's electric power grid is increasingly unreliable, outages coming -- Wall Street Journal

• "Green" media misrepresents the world's energy reality, fossil fuel dependence -- Real Clear Energy

• Op-ed: CO2 pipelines trample on constitutional rights -- Spencer (Iowa) Daily Reporter