Friday, March 3, 2023

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- March 3, 2023

• Why North Dakota is preparing to sue Minnesota over "clean energy" -- Grist

• Trains versus pipelines: safely transporting materials in North Dakota -- KFYR - TV

• Will Legacy Fund sustain services when oil revenues dwindle? -- Dickinson Press

• Midwest could add more ethanol to gasoline under EPA plan -- Bismarck Tribune

• Funding bill for North Dakota Industrial Commission moves to Senate after passing House -- KFYR - TV

• Minnesota Power asks legislature for $25M toward $700M refurbishing of key power line -- Star Tribune

• MDU fined by ND regulators for missing wind farm lighting replacement deadline -- Bismarck Tribune

• NorthWestern Energy considers building a 320 MW nuclear plant in South Dakota -- Williston Herald

• ND receiving $11.39M for wastewater, stormwater infrastructure improvements -- The Center Square

• ND Tourism: state missed out on estimated $344M in revenue, slowly bouncing back -- KFYR - TV

• Confused about North Dakota's legislative session? Here's a recap and look ahead -- Fargo Forum

• Traffic-related bills making their way through ND Legislature after passing Senate -- Dickinson Press

• Proposal would change ballot measure process; legislators to consider resolution -- Minot Daily News

• House Chamber packed while Justice Douglas Bahr instated as Supreme Court Justice -- KX News

• Tax breaks for biofuels, grain bin construction among ag bills passed in North Dakota -- Dickinson Press

• State commerce director makes budget pitch to Senate; bill includes workforce initiatives -- KX News

• Two BNSF train cars went off the track between Des Lacs and Burlington; none injured -- KX News

• Work on Williston State's medical training facility to start soon if funding bill passes Senate -- KFYR - TV

• City of Dickinson releases financial report for January; tremendous tax increases reported -- KX News

• 2 commanders, 4 others fired from Minot Air Force Base; details not yet released -- Dickinson Press

• Magic City Discovery Center one step closer to opening their doors with $100K donation -- KX News

• Crosby's Renaissance Zone proposed expansion to go before city council on March 6 -- The Journal

• Max ambulances get upgrades, ultrasound machines with donations from community -- KX News

• Williston Parks & Rec to host third annual Community Health and Wellness Fair March 9 -- KX News

• New England City Council exploring two funding requests for community needs -- Dickinson Press

• $95M project to add hotel tower, sports bar, fine dining to 4 Bears Casino & Lodge -- Minot Daily News

• Minot woman first North Dakotan to be named to Federal Reserve advisory council -- KFYR - TV

• Fort Berthold highway study requested at Capitol; resolution would create safety corridor -- KX News

• Dunn County Commission discusses auditor-elect vacancy, state's attorney salary -- Dickinson Press

• Hess Corp. offering $40K in scholarships to qualifying North Dakota high school seniors -- WDAY

• Williston school superintendent discusses reconfiguration of ASB Innovation Academy -- KFYR - TV

• Board of Higher Education opposing bill to change faculty tenure at BSC, DSU -- Bismarck Tribune

• Stanley Elementary receives an unexpected $75,000 grant as high-achieving Title I school -- KFYR - TV

• Real World Camp draws 100 freshman from across the region thanks to Bank of Tioga -- The Journal

• Lunch debt cannot be sent to collections if bill clears Senate; already passed House -- The Journal

• Tioga school board hires the district's next superintendent; Paul Olson to start July 1 -- Tioga Tribune

• Contractors begin work on auxiliary gym on the east side of Magic City Campus -- Minot Daily News

• New England 7th graders learn web design, basics of HTML, video game design -- Dickinson Press

• Southwest Area CTE academy officially opens its doors to Dickinson students -- Dickinson Press

• UND administrators and students weigh varying opinions of TikTok use on campus -- Dickinson Press

• 'Drill Baby Drill' 2.0: EPA needs to start permitting wells for carbon dioxide sequestration -- Forbes

• Hunting clean energy in the west: feds betting billions on 'new' nuclear technologies -- Bismarck Tribune

• House Republicans act on numerous bills in sweeping energy, permitting reform package -- E&E News

• Frackers set to plow more cash into oil fields this year compared with last -- Wall Street Journal

• 'We can't find people to work': The newest threat to Biden's anti-fossil fuel agenda -- Politico

• House Republicans' top watchdog turns his attention to EPA environmental justice grants -- E&E News

• EPA slow-walking state permits for CO2 injection, Biden backing extremists -- Washington Times

• Advanced Energy United: frameworks needed for transmission buildout 'don't really exist' -- Utility Dive

• Republicans seeking Democratic buy-in to overhaul federal permitting need to try harder -- E&E News

• Pipeline operator Enbridge commits $1 billion to company that turns food waste to energy -- Reuters

• EPA has proposed something new, and oil and gas advocates are sounding the alarm -- E&E News

• Biden admin faces dilemma in weighing approval of Alaska's large North Slope oil project -- AP News

• Three injured in Montana coal mine collapse; history of safety violations reported -- Bismarck Tribune

• Pipeline developer says Illinois CO2 sequestration could be just the beginning -- Energy News Network

• Midwest CO2 pipeline rush creates regulatory chaos that could affect sequestration hopes -- E&E News

• DeSantis, Pence leading launch of multimillion-dollar campaign to speed energy approvals -- Politico

• Inflation Reduction Act program to reduce methane emissions faces Republican repeal -- E&E News

• Regulations repeal top priority for new House E&C Committee chairwoman -- Washington Examiner

• Blackout warning: Brace yourself for coming electricity shortages -- Institute for Energy Research

• Half the world at risk of starvation under net zero, warn top climate experts -- Lindzen and Happer

• New study finds no link between gas stoves and respiratory illness -- Climate Change Dispatch

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