Saturday, July 13, 2024

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- July 13, 2024

• Marathon Oil settles with EPA, DOJ over alleged violations -- North Dakota Monitor

• Estevan, Saskatchewan is likely site for future nuclear power plant -- Crosby Journal

• MHA Chairman Mark Fox opposes federal methane rule -- North Dakota Monitor

• Lynn Helms: DMR job was about make a positive impact on ND lives -- Fargo Forum

• NDDEQ proposes to issue air pollution control permit for mobile gas capture plant -- Minot Daily News

• Minnesota's pie-in-the-sky energy policies heading toward a brick wall of reality -- Fargo Forum

• Montana Supreme Court set to hear Republican-led state's appeal of landmark climate ruling -- KFGO

• South Dakota regulators clash with Minnesota on clean energy, coal plant closures -- Fargo Forum

• North Dakota Legislative Council expansion recommended by interim committee -- Bismarck Tribune

• Morton County approves moratorium on direct air carbon dioxide capture facilities -- Bismarck Tribune

• Hogue says measure eliminating property taxes would leave lawmakers with a mess -- Dickinson Press

• All rail cars carrying hazardous material have been removed from ND derailment site -- ABC News

• North Dakota lost more than 2,700 residents to migration from 2021 to 2022 -- The Center Square

• North Dakota Child Care Assistance Program to see additional benefits this month -- Dickinson Press

• Measure to change North Dakota elections misses deadline for November -- North Dakota Monitor

• Audit of state auditor's office delayed; Gallion calls it 'redundant, unnecessary' -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota Growth Fund a 'capital multiplier' for local entrepreneurs -- Bowman County Pioneer

• First lady Kathryn Burgum's absentee ballot rejected due to mismatched signatures -- Dickinson Press

• ND tribe goes back to its roots with a massive Native Green Grow greenhouse operation -- KFYR-TV

• Williston Herald is seeking nominations for its annual Best of the Bakken competition -- Williston Herald

• Back to back Divide County Commission meetings highlight some pressing budget costs -- The Journal

• Young rare black bear spotted several times near Marmarth and Bowman -- Bowman County Pioneer

• City Council holds closed meeting without proper notice, potentially violating state law -- The Journal

• Alexander city officials aim to have new childcare center built by the end of next summer -- KFYR - TV

• Nearly 50 North Dakota lawmakers to attend legislative retreat on education -- North Dakota Monitor

• DSU Nursing in Crisis: Resignation of faculty leaves uncertainty future for program -- Dickinson Press

• North Dakota among fourteen states backing Arkansas in LEARNS Act lawsuit -- The Center Square

• Center-Stanton Public Schools recognizes 2023-2024 faculty milestones -- The Center Republican

• Minot Public Schools beating the heat despite A/C issue in administration building -- Minot Daily News

• Department of Public Instruction issues state guidance on AI for North Dakota schools -- KFYR - TV

• Williston Basin School District briefed on pay scale study; no action asked of board -- Williston Herald

• Statewide Literacy Improvement Plan will retrain educators to use "Science of Reading" -- KX News

• Texas energy industry evaluating the damage after Hurricane Beryl batters US Gulf Coast -- Reuters

• DOE rejected $100M Houston grid improvement grant a year before Beryl blackout -- E&E News

• US gas prices set for volatile year as hurricane season could weigh on refinery production -- Oil Price

• Moody's: Supreme Court's Chevron ruling creates more uncertainty in power sector -- Utility Dive

• Guyana gov't receives eight bids for offshore exploration following recent oil and gas boom -- World Oil

• An Australian company's bid to make Alaska's next big oil-filed lower carbon -- Anchorage Daily News

• Over 150 Republicans say Biden should rescind rule expected to make more trucks electric -- The Hill

• Global oil demand to outpace supply next year; EIA reverses prior forecast for surplus -- Reuters

• Bipartisan lawmakers introduce bill that could potentially pave the way for carbon import tax -- The Hill

• Carbon-heavy but cheaper coal to replace gas in European power generation mix this winter -- Reuters

• California grid operator tells residents to prepare to conserve energy amid forecasted heat -- Reuters

• Global oil demand could peak next year according to BP PLC's annual energy outlook -- E&E News

• Judge dismisses Baltimore's climate change lawsuit against major oil companies -- Washington Times

• Media makes fossil fuel heat wave villain but scientists say asphalt is a bigger culprit -- Just The News

• The Green No Deal: Oil and gas still reign despite enormous renewable handouts -- Issues and Insights

• Biden's climate policies are likely to supercharge your electric bill, banking giant warns -- Daily Caller

• New study: Elevated CO2, warmth, and greener vegetation are a boon for humanity -- No Tricks Zone

• The media's relentless, climate-fueled, extreme-weather nonsense ? Part 2 -- The Honest Broker

• How the media's false climate crisis narrative is harming America's Industrial Heartland -- Townhall

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