Saturday, December 17, 2022

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

• Wind farm near New Salem proposed; pending state & local approval -- KFYR - TV

• Despite recycling, many wind turbine blades still end up in landfills -- Fargo Forum

• A miracle at the pump: Minot gas prices drop below $3 a gallon -- Minot Daily News

• Electric utilities in northwestern ND prepare for heavy, wet snowstorm -- KFYR - TV

• McKenzie Electric, Mountrail-Williams, MDU, Roughrider Electric report outages -- KFYR - TV

• Power restored to nearly all customers affected by winter storm outages in the region -- KX News

• MDU Heskett 1 demolished Tuesday; Heskett 2 to come down in June -- KFYR - TV

• McKenzie County the third largest recipient of oil and tax distributions -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Emergence of soybean processing plants in state driven by biofuel industry -- Grand Forks Herald

• PSC to ask for slightly bigger budget; seeks to hire 3 new employees -- KFYR - TV

• State's Senate Democrats don't have the numbers to be present on every committee -- KFYR - TV

• Amount given by SIB to banks opposing fossil fuel industry greater than previously reported -- KX News

• ND annual sessions may gain traction with voter-approved term limits on the books -- US News

• Burgum bans TikTok from state phones citing security concerns tied to the company -- Dickinson Press

• Study: North Dakota has the country's second-largest 10-year increase in labor productivity -- KX News

• North Dakota Water Commission approves $31.8 million for state water projects -- KX News

• Hoeven, Armstrong have raised concern to recent border crossing videos from El Paso -- KFYR - TV

• North Dakota semi-trucks affected by road closures; companies 'try their best' to catch up -- KX News

• Brush pile burning planned in Little Missouri National Grassland this January -- Bismarck Tribune

• City of Minot offering free disposal of holiday waste from December 17 to January 7 -- KFYR - TV

• McKenzie County Community Coalition proactively helping local youth -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Tioga city commissioners express displeasure with grassroots community meeting -- Tioga Tribune

• Only minor changes to be expected in 2022 Divide County property tax bills -- The Journal

• District 2 legislators receive committee assignments in recent reorganization meetings -- The Journal

• Ward County office mails tax statements; school construction adds to Minot bills -- Minot Daily News

• Williston announces six local businesses as recipients of December STAR Fund -- KX News

• Crosby city council explores water rate increase to replace the city's water meters -- The Journal

• Magic City's Finest: operators are spreading sand and positivity on Minot's roads -- KFYR - TV

• Gladstone glimmers: Local family pulls out all the stops with Christmas decor -- Dickinson Press

• NDIT seeking feedback on proposed broadband improvement project areas -- Williston Herald

• ND Farm Bureau photo contest winner captures starlit sky in Divide County -- Minot Daily News

• Williams, McKenzie County anticipate no changes after Critical Race Theory ban -- Williston Herald

• School meal debt on pace to eclipse pre-COVID levels due to inflation struggles -- Dickinson Press

• Traveling 'winter wonderland' of STEM comes to Tioga's elementary students -- Tioga Tribune

• Tioga FFA qualifies for state with second place finish at last week's district competition -- Tioga Tribune

• Change Network grant fuels proliferation of positive messages at Divide County H.S. -- The Journal

• North Dakota Health and Human Services launches new online childcare licensing system -- KX News

• Minot Public Schools leadership, parents discuss decision to hold class Wednesday -- KFYR - TV

• Remote learning, workplace closures, blowing snow keep parents home amid winter storm -- KFYR - TV

• State Superintendent explains how snow days for schools are decided in North Dakota -- KX News

• Are snow days a thing of the past? Virtual learning fills the gap -- Williston Herald

• Keep burning fossil fuels, says Wyoming climate change skeptic Tony Heller -- Cowboy State Daily

• TC Energy can't confirm Keystone Pipeline restart timeline; awaits regulator approval -- Rigzone

• U.S. touts fusion breakthrough as one of 'most impressive scientific feats' this century -- Politico

• What to know about Department of Energy's fusion 'breakthrough' -- E&E News

• Oil exec rips Biden for 'throwing wet blankets' at US energy, 'hurting' pocketbooks -- Fox Business

• Republicans push to ease gas pipeline regulations; some Dems refuse to let bill through -- KX News

• US Energy Department finalizes $2.5 billion loan to GM, LG battery joint venture -- US News

• New Mexico state government reaps multi-billion dollar financial windfall from oil -- AP News

• Oil output from Permian shale basin set to touch a record 5.6 million BPD in January -- Reuters

• US prepares to usher in renewable energy investments; TX to move in different direction -- E&E News

• US West Coast power, natgas prices on track to hit multi-year highs amid extreme cold -- Reuters

• Wyoming nuclear plant likely delayed two years; tentative start pushed to 2030 -- Bismarck Tribune

• Daily on Energy: The latest from the offensive against ESG in Texas -- Washington Examiner

• BlackRock Is caught in the ESG crossfire and struggling to get out -- Bloomberg

• Consumer Product Safety Commission to begin weighing regulations on new gas stoves -- KX News

• DOE to award record $3.5 billion to rapidly scale up direct air carbon capture technology -- E&E News

• DOE press release on federal building energy standards is inaccurate, misleading and unserious -- CEI

• Feds order review of power grid security standards after attacks leave 45K without power -- ABC News

• New study: Greenhouse gases may not be causing 21st-Century warming -- Climate Change Dispatch

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