Friday, July 1, 2022

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


Producers bid over $7 million for drilling rights on ND public lands -- KFGO

Gas prices are up, but so is ND gas consumption, data survey finds -- KX News

Fossil fuel industry cut jobs in 2021 despite growth in production -- CNN

Whiting and Oasis complete combination, establishing Chord Energy -- PR Newswire

Public hearing set Tuesday on proposed wind farm near Wishek -- Bismarck Tribune

Congressional delegation, AG say EPA Supreme Court decision is a 'win' for ND -- Grand Forks Herald

North Dakota lawmakers okay first funds from federal infrastructure law -- Bismarck Tribune

ND taxable sales and purchases up 13.2% in first quarter of 2022 -- Williston Herald

Lawmakers question pace of hiring at office tasked with Legacy Fund mandates -- Bismarck Tribune

Data Center, new projects to help stabilize electric prices for Mountrail-Williams Co-op -- KFYR-TV

90 acres acquired for Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora -- Dickinson Press

Fourth of July fireworks are "a go" thanks to abundant moisture -- McKenzie County Farmer

New activity in ND redistricting lawsuits about tribal lands -- Williston Herald

ND lawmakers float changes to harassment policy as rep's expulsion still looms -- Dickinson Press

Minot ramping up construction, paving work on city road projects -- KFYR-TV

Watford City ready for potential mosquito outbreak -- McKenzie County Farmer

Williston jobs are up 32 percent while labor force is down 14 percent -- Williston Herald

Residents share vision for Minot's future in comprehensive plan -- Minot Daily News

Crosby City Council race between Anderson and Trussell still tied after recount -- Crosby Journal

Belfield City Council members sworn in, address fireworks and ambulance merger -- Dickinson Press

Jeff Gooss sworn in Tuesday as new mayor of Beulah -- Beulah Beacon

City of Minot seeking volunteers to fill temporary city council seat -- Minot Daily News

City prepares to annex KSI Industries, build out infrastructure to property -- Tioga Tribune

Inflationary pressures a concern for Midwest economy; ND's May index falls -- Bismarck Tribune

City to take out $10 million loan for Community Center expansion -- Tioga Tribune

MDU's Ken Callahan remembers Build Baby Build and Rockin' the Bakken -- Williston Herald

University of North Dakota report examines rural EMS response, performance -- The Center Square

Enbridge donates $50,000 to sponsor Invention Story Mobile Kiosk -- Minot Daily News

Bridge collapse closes part of Maah Daah Hey Trail -- Dickinson Press

McKenzie County to explore adding new childcare facility -- KFYR-TV

Three Affiliated Tribes celebrates newest housing development -- Minot Daily News

National Science Foundation Awards $1.5 million to NDSU -- Kevin Cramer

Board of Higher Ed formalizes budget request for the 23-25 biennium -- Prairie Public

North Dakota mother and daughter are double (Extension) agents -- Ag Week

Schools are spending millions on new virtual tutoring. Is it working? -- Chalkbeat

School board says goodbye to longtime business manager, discusses staffing -- Minot Daily News

Biden administration proposes offshore drilling plan, zero lease sales a possibility -- Reuters

W. Virginia v. EPA puts fed bureaucracy back in box it was intended to inhabit -- American Spectator

U.S. refinery capacity decreased during 2021 for second consecutive year -- EIA

U.S. emergency oil reserve draws by 6.9 mln barrels to lowest since 1986 -- Reuters

Experts see risk with little upside in Biden's gas tax break -- The Hill

States with the highest gasoline prices, California leads the pack -- U.S. News & World Report

U.S. Gulf Coast crude oil exports to touch record high this quarter -- Reuters

Energy prices causing chaos in Asia and why the rest of the world should worry -- CNN

New Mexico coal transition law faces uncertain timeline, threatens reliability -- Energy News Network

Republican states aim to protect massive Montana coal mine from environmentalists -- Fox Business

Minnesota courts hear challenges to use of agricultural land for solar projects -- Energy News Network

Gavin Newsom has a plan to keep the lights on in California ? using fossil fuels -- LA Times

Tapping into geothermal: the million-year energy source below our feet -- MIT News

Biden's push for Green New Deal is increasing greenhouse gas emissions -- Washington Examiner

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