Geoff Simon's Top North Dakota Energy Stories -- March 11, 2022

• Federal oil leasing is on hold, Biden admin reneges again -- Williston Herald

• Soaring prices may trigger North Dakota oil tax increase -- Bismarck Tribune

• High oil and gas prices to linger, Bakken production to remain flat -- KFYR TV

• North Dakotans weigh in on methane emissions proposal -- Billings Gazette

• Oil advocates say more investment needed to increase Bakken oil production -- MTN News

• North Dakota regulators fine Xcel for wind farm lighting delay -- Bismarck Tribune

• Longest continuously serving lawmaker Senator Ray Holmberg to retire -- Bismarck Tribune

• Tourism in North Dakota is expected to be strong this summer -- KFYR TV

• North Dakota IT agency, MHA Nation sign pact for cybersecurity services -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota manufacturers are going full steam ahead on automation -- Dickinson Press

• North Dakota's having a behavioral health problem worse than it was 10 years ago -- KX News

• Education, youth and the economy, Marathon Petroleum grant serves all three in ND -- Market Screener

• Demand for K-12 teachers in North Dakota outstrips supply -- Grand Forks Herald

• North Dakota Supreme Court comes to Alexander High School March 22 -- Roundup Web

• Biden's assault on domestic energy works against his ban on Russian imports -- Wall Street Journal

• Alberta energy minister says its oil could replace U.S. imports of Russian crude -- OilPrice.com

• Why Biden's killing of the Keystone XL pipeline was an energy security blunder -- Forbes

• How a weak Biden, capitulating to the Green Left, enabled Putin's invasion of Ukraine -- Newsweek

• Calls to investigate 'Big Oil' over gas prices are politics, not policy, critics say -- Inside Sources

• The essential role of CO2 capture, utilization and storage in the energy transition -- Oil & Gas IQ

• ESG may be an antitrust violation, bankers choking off money for oil and gas -- Wall Street Journal

• Labor Department mulls more climate rules for retirement plans, focus on ESG -- Roll Call

• Institutional investors raise climate risk concerns with the SEC -- Investor Daily

• Soaring nickel prices could be the next major headache for electric vehicle makers -- CNN Business

• Joe Biden's electric car plans support the world's worst humanitarian abuses -- Real Clear Energy

• There is no climate crisis, IPCC report is political advocacy masquerading as science -- Spectator World