Friday, August 11, 2023

Geoff Simon’s Quick Connects — August 11, 2023

• Ukrainians move to ND for oil field jobs to help families back home -- AP News

• ND aims to become hydrogen hub, eyeing $7B in federal funding -- News Center 1

• Knife River reported earnings of $56.8M in its second quarter -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota hits unseasonably high gas prices; expert explains why -- KFYR - TV

• Federal grants offer funding potential for state's rural electric co-ops on solar projects -- Tioga Tribune

• National Science Foundation awards UND $4M for tribal energy resilience, education -- Kevin Cramer

• As first primary debate looms, strategists talk future of Burgum's presidential bid -- Bismarck Tribune

• Burgum speaks at National Governors Association's Summer Workforce Symposium -- Fargo Forum

• Pipeline to provide Missouri River water to Red River Valley could be done by 2032 -- Bismarck Tribune

• Tribal nation with over $100M of land on the Vegas Strip faces criticism back home -- Dickinson Press

• Space Development Agency announces expansion at Grand Forks Air Force Base -- Dickinson Press

• Gov. Burgum, Maj. Gen. Dohrmann visit National Guard soldiers at Texas border -- Minot Daily News

• World champ boxer Virgil Hill to receive Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award -- Bismarck Tribune

• Hoeven uses budget to urge Theodore Roosevelt National Park to keep wild horses -- Dickinson Press

• Minot City Council starts with budget plan of $200 million, to be finalized in October -- Minot Daily News

• CHI St. Alexius Williston in talks for air ambulance replacement for Guardian Flight -- KFYR - TV

• Four generations working together; Bowman coffee and flower shop a true family affair -- KFYR-TV

• NDDOT to offer financial assistance to townships seeking bridge, road improvements -- The Journal

• Divide County commissioners revise oil and gas revenues in preliminary 2024 budget -- The Journal

• Sound mitigation walls up at data center near Williston; residents say noise issues remain -- KFYR - TV

• Ward County property owners would see tax increase under preliminary budget -- Minot Daily News

• North Dakota DPI accepting Senate Youth Program applications through Oct 22 -- Bismarck Tribune

• State's higher ed leaders look for ways to match Minnesota's free tuition program -- Dickinson Press

• New school year brings new cell phone policy for Bowman County High School -- KFYR - TV

• Three Williston Basin School Board members handily win re-election in recall vote -- Williston Herald

• North Dakota School Board members gather for Capitol special preparatory boot camp -- KX News

• High school work-based program is a win-win for students and agricultural industry -- Dickinson Press

• State Superintendent Student Cabinet discusses diversity, issues, positive changes -- KFYR - TV

• WDEA offering five $1,000 scholarships to students in energy-related college programs -- Tioga Tribune

• Will expanded use of student teachers in the classroom help ease the teacher shortage? -- KX News

• Williston Basin School Board approved certificate of levy, 2024 preliminary budget -- Williston Herald

• Unlocking Access: Inclusivity and modernization touted in expansion and renovation -- Dickinson Press

• Leadership with Minot Public Schools reacts to approval of students teachers for state -- KFYR - TV

• State Superintendent Baesler weighs in on North Dakota's teacher shortage disaster -- KX News

• Divide County School District alumna joins parents on staff as new first grade teacher -- The Journal

• Dickinson Public Schools offering food bank, school supplies to families in need -- Dickinson Press

• US power plant owners warn Biden's sweeping plan to slash CO2 emissions is unworkable -- Reuters

• Power companies ask Biden to end war on fossil fuel plants as EPA deadline looms -- Just the News

• The EPA's ambitious plan to cut auto emissions to slow climate change runs into skepticism -- KX News

• Strategic crude oil reserve at its lowest level since August 1983 reports Dept. of Energy -- KFYR - TV

• US crude output to rise by by 850K barrels per day to record 12.76M in 2023 says EIA report -- Reuters

• Harold Hamm op-ed: Washington has energy production policy all wrong -- Wall Street Journal

• 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy shows heavy global reliance on fossil fuels remains -- Forbes

• Wind industry seeks more government financial support as costs spiral out of control -- Oil Price

• At least 13 projects vie for $1.2B in CO2 removal; winners expected to be named soon -- E&E News

• Stop claiming that fires in Canada, Greece, and now Maui are due to climate change -- Irrational Fear

• Scientist admits 'overwhelming consensus' on the climate change crisis is 'manufactured' -- NY Post

• NASA: Tonga eruption was enough to raise Earth's global temperature -- Climate Change Dispatch

• High winds, low humidity and dry non-native vegetation likely contributed to Maui fires -- USA Today

• Media has it wrong: The frequency of climate disasters is down since 2000 -- Cowboy State Daily

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