Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- April 15, 2022

• M&A activity was hot in Bakken for first quarter of 2022 -- Williston Herald

• Proposed crude pipeline shows confidence in the Bakken -- Prairie Public

• North Dakota To Double Its $3B Green Crypto Mining Efforts -- Benzinga

• Demand for oil is spiking. So why are ND rigs lying idle? -- Christian Science Monitor

• Year-round E15 gets green light and more things to know in energy this week -- Williston Herald

• Montana and North Dakota are hit by 'one-in-a-century' blizzard -- Daily Mail UK

• Record blizzard slams North Dakota and Montana -- The Trucker

• Snowmageddon: April blizzard continues on the Western Edge -- Dickinson Press

• North Dakota trooper delivers blood in snowstorm, roads still closed -- NBC Montana

• North Dakota income tax deadline pushed back to April 25 -- Grand Forks Herald

• Term limits campaign sics Trump lawyer on secretary of state -- Fargo Forum

• ND lawmakers question bill draft eyeing their property ownership -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota Democrats short of candidates for legislature -- Associated Press

• Activists file new marijuana legalization initiative for 2022 ballot -- Marijuana Moment

• Plowing through: Stark County officials struggle with blizzard -- Dickinson Press

• City Public Works Department shares post-blizzard plan -- Williston Herald

• Minot Area Chamber EDC names Brekka Kramer president -- Minot Daily News

• New county fairgrounds are becoming a reality -- McKenzie County Farmer

• City of Beulah to pursue expanded jurisdiction change -- Beulah Beacon

• City of Richardton discusses land ordinance, street parking -- Dickinson Press

• Three-way mayoral race, candidates file for local offices -- Minot Daily News

• Ballot will be crowded for city and county races -- Crosby Journal

• Mayor's race in Tioga and contests for Ray Commission -- Tioga Tribune

• MSU student from Killdeer transferred to learn to teach -- Minot Daily News

• Miss North Dakota visits local schools and will soon pass the crown -- Williston Herald

• Biden's blame game about corporate greed will raise oil prices -- Wall Street Journal

• More gasoline gimmickry from the Biden administration -- Real Clear Energy

• The West is suffering the consequences of poor energy decisions -- OilPrice.com

• Democrats need to help families afford gasoline, not push EVs -- Real Clear Policy

• US energy grid faces huge problems amid push to "electrify everything" -- OilPrice.com

• ESG certifications for natural gas create strange bedfellows -- Forbes

• How "Big Green" undermines Pennsylvania's energy potential -- Real Clear Energy

• Biden administration obsession with climate change distorts our priorities -- Inside Sources

• European Union is set to approve a ban on Russian coal -- Institute for Energy Research

• Texas Republicans: Backlash to Big Wind is brewing -- Master Resource