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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