Saturday, September 17, 2022

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- September 16, 2022

• Study of 13 CO2 capture projects shows mixed results -- KX News

• Grid serving ND bending, not breaking, during energy 'transition' -- Fargo Forum

• Here's what rail workers will get in deal to prevent strike -- Bismarck Tribune

• ND snags two grants from infrastructure bill's hydrogen funding -- Williston Herald

• Tribes say ND tampering with efforts to collect royalties from oil production -- Bismarck Tribune

• Standing Rock Renewable Energy Authority gets pandemic aid for wind farm -- Bismarck Tribune

• Zavanna reports 9,800 barrel produced water spill 7 miles northeast of Williston -- Williston Herald

• Letter: Support for Summit Carbon Solutions' Midwest Carbon Express -- Bismarck Tribune

• Minnesota set to clamp down on greenhouse gases: Faster, deeper cuts -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune

• Prevention on new oil, gas drilling on 58,000 acres of public lands in ND, SD, MT -- KX News

• US withdraws polluted Montana site from new mining to protect reclamation area -- Bismarck Tribune

• ND Transmission Authority holds public meeting for application process on $3.7 million -- KFYR - TV

• ND EV charging network plan OK'd by feds; approval unlocks $9.4M for state -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota's taxable sales and purchases for Q2 of 2022 are up 11.5% -- Minot Daily News

• The path to a stronger workforce in North Dakota lies in welcoming newcomers -- KX News

• Phone outage disrupts dispatch centers, 911 service across the state -- Minot Daily News

• ND exports the most goods to these countries: Germany, Australia, Mexico, Canada top list -- KPVI

• Child care, pot legalization, nurse's strike, energy transition, Honor Flight -- Fargo Forum

• Dem-NPL candidate for U.S. Senate Katrina Christiansen on why she's running -- KX News

• Fargo lawyer Mac Schneider nominated for US attorney post in North Dakota -- Dickinson Press

• EPA awards Performance Partnership Grant of $897,636 to Three Affiliated Tribes -- Minot Daily News

• Downtown Dickinson Square makes significant progress as winter looms -- Dickinson Press

• Minot residents voice angst over huge tax increase at school board meeting -- Minot Daily News

• Northeast Tioga underground infrastructure project will not meet winter deadline -- Tioga Tribune

• Enel Green Power planning a new wind farm abutting two others northeast of Tioga -- The Journal

• Multi-agency road project beginning its final stages in Watford City -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Long X Arts Foundation receives $300K to celebrate diversity in the region -- Williston Herald

• City officials reach agreement in months-long city administrator negotiations -- Dickinson Press

• Committee to introduce bill aimed at combating teacher shortage next session -- KX News

• Minot Public Schools enrollment up in 2022; over half enrolled students in elementary -- KFYR - TV

• Watford City schools near 2,000 students as record growth could eclipse milestone -- KFYR - TV

• Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards $3,000 to Underwood Public School -- Minot Daily News

• ND Parks and Rec Dept partner with ND state parks to hold field days for students -- Minot Daily News

• Donna Sorensen announced new superintendent for North Dakota School for Deaf -- Bismarck Tribune

• Minot School Board approves global settlement, denies claim of wrongdoing -- Minot Daily News

• Williston Basin School District looking to pass first bond since reorganization -- KFYR - TV

• 31 ND students named semifinalists for National Merit Scholarship Program -- Grand Forks Herald

• Shortage of skilled workers threatens global energy transition; hiring proving difficult -- S&P Global

• Federal government leases fewest acres of federal land for oil and gas drilling since WWII -- KFYR - TV

• Oil output in Permian due to rise to record 5.413 million bpd in October says EIA -- Reuters

• Europe needs coal again, UK lifts fracking ban, US coal generation increases -- Cowboy State Daily

• Get ready for blackouts from London to LA, as energy crisis overwhelms grids -- Business Insider

• Americans should brace for higher natural gas prices, Chevron CEO says -- CNN Business

• How ESG investing got tangled up in America's culture wars, social investing targeted -- NPR

• Coal plant sites could host 265 GW of advanced nuclear, costing less than greenfield -- Utility Dive

• Talen Energy to acquire Puget Sound share of Colstrip power plant -- Black Hills Pioneer

• US oil and gas drillers add rigs this week as recession fears continue -- Houston Chronicle

• Climate law: What to watch at Department of Interior, FERC and DOE -- Energy Wire

• Climate emergency not supported by data, say four leading Italian scientists -- The Daily Sceptic

• Prominent scientist Patrick Moore backs up claim there is 'no climate emergency' -- Climate Depot

• Climate panic behind energy crisis; insufficient energy the likely result -- Michael Shellenberger

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