Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- April 1, 2022

 Quick connects:

• US to increase gas exports to Europe, could be good for North Dakota -- KFYR-TV

• Project Tundra seeks funding from ND clean energy board -- Dickinson Press

• More people researching electric vehicles amid soaring gasoline prices -- KFYR-TV

• Exxon is mining bitcoin in North Dakota as part of plan to slash emissions -- CNBC

• Hennen: Biden's 'climate action' plan is a solution in search of a problem -- Fargo Forum

• 350MW solar project planned for Richland County, but ordinance prevents it -- PV Magazine

• Hoeven faces far-right challenge from Becker at state GOP convention -- Bismarck Tribune

• Ballot measure petitions referred to North Dakota AG for potential prosecution -- Bismarck Tribune

• Rep. Joshua Boschee talks platform, takes aim at Bastiat Caucus -- KX News

• Republicans endorse candidates for redrawn North Dakota District 8 -- Bismarck Tribune

• Proposed Tioga Community Center expansion will cost $16 million -- Tioga Tribune

• Gov. Burgum and Commerce Department staff to visit Crosby on April 6 -- Crosby Journal

• Angie Richman named superintendent of Theodore Roosevelt Natl. Park -- Bowman County Pioneer

• Former state's attorney Elizabeth Pendlay to challenge Jordan for job -- Crosby Journal

• Frontier film shot in North Dakota to become available for streaming -- Williston Herald

• Cramer co-sponsors bill to get more mental health providers into schools -- Prairie Public

• Williston School Board announces final candidates for superintendent slot -- Williston Herald

• North Dakota Supreme Court Justices visit Grenora and Alexander schools -- KFYR TV

• New president selected for North Dakota State College of Science -- Fargo Forum

• The people promising us 'net zero' are clueless about energy storage -- Climate Change Dispatch

• Only America can ensure global energy security; oil and gas needed for decades -- The Hill

• Public worried about gas prices, but diesel is driving inflation more than you think -- CNBC

• Op-ed: American producers deserve certainty in permitting process -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-OK

• FERC dials back implementation of new green pipeline policies -- Washington Examiner

• China's coal output set for moderate growth in 2022, 12 million tons a day -- Reuters

• Record beckons for Coal India, 2021-22 production may exceed 620 million tons -- Natsegal

• Global banks: $742 billion in fossil fuel finance in 2021 despite climate pledges -- Financial Times

• Biden adds equity, climate change to infrastructure grant applications -- Washington Times

• The SEC's power grab attempt: A powerful dissent by Comm. Hester Peirce -- Master Resource

• What our bettors have in mind for us in the era of fossil fuel suppression -- Manhattan Contrarian

• Democrat plan to tax Big Oil hurts consumers and violates Biden pledge -- IER