Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- September 27, 2024

• PSC approves certificate of site compatibility for Cerilon facility -- Williston Herald

• DAPL protestor's complaint from 2017 back in North Dakota District Court -- KX News

• Construction continues on $1.3 billion data center in Ellendale -- Aberdeen Insider

• Camelina-based sustainable aviation fuel takes first flight from MN -- Dickinson Press

• Mayor Brandon Bochenski op-ed: Clean Energy Week, North Dakota-style -- Washington Times

• State energy assistance program covering more heating costs for low-income residents -- InForum

• Minnesota utility regulators to decide what qualifies under state's carbon-free energy law -- MPR News

• House votes 215-191 to repeal EPA auto emissions rule; Biden vows to veto -- North Dakota Monitor

• Xcel plans for new gas plant to meet Minnesota "carbon-free" electric mandate -- American Experiment

• Governor candidates Piepkorn, Armstrong concerned about property tax proposal -- Dickinson Press

• Majority Leader Hogue discusses Measure 4 with Minot Area Chamber EDC -- Minot Daily News

• Rob Port: Why Measure 4 is probably going down in flames, no suitable alternative -- Fargo Forum

• Volume of North Dakota bill draft requests up significantly ahead of 2025 session -- Dickinson Press

• Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library appoints Robbie Lauf executive director -- Dickinson Press

• Ian Cramer pleads guilty to all charges in connection with deputy's death -- North Dakota Monitor

• Press asked to leave an online state GOP election integrity training for Republicans only -- InForum

• Three Affiliated Tribes' Election Board announces results for tribal business council -- Minot Daily News

• Williams County Commission grants appeal for possible Enerfore Bitcoin data center -- Williston Herald

• Construction completed for the new Wolf Pup Daycare; openings available at all facilities -- KFYR - TV

• Stark, Dunn, Billings, Golden Valley, Slope, and Hettinger are under burn restrictions -- Dickinson Press

• Tioga City Commissioners vote to fire city auditor after unauthorized transfer of $10 million -- KFYR - TV

• Minot City Council to consider hiring investigator to look into police dept allegations -- Minot Daily News

• Williston City Commission approves budget for 2025, among other items of business -- Williston Herald

• Ray school foresees growing pains from added jobs due to proposed Basin projects -- The Journal

• Restructuring K-12 public education system to a "school choice" model a bad idea -- Williston Herald

• State Board of Higher Education opts to keep Orton in charge at Dickinson State University -- KX News

• North Dakota college enrollment has risen 3.6 percent this year, totaling 45,000 students -- KFYR - TV

• ND colleges report enrollment gains despite competing with MN free tuition -- North Dakota Monitor

• UND returning Native American remains to tribal nations years after being identified -- Dickinson Press

• US Dept of Education awards $500,000 to North Dakota Dept of Public Instruction -- Kevin Cramer

• Applications reopen for North Dakota Board of Public School Education until Oct. 11 -- Dickinson Press

• Biden-Harris hold no offshore oil and gas lease sales in 2024, first time since 1958 -- Just The News

• Harris dodges questions on her pledge to nix the filibuster for the Green New Deal -- Free Beacon

• Radical enviros endorse Harris because they "can pressure and move her" on energy -- Daily Caller

• Texas Railroad Comm. probing Midland-area earthquake for connection to fracking -- Lubbock Journal

• PJM, MISO, SPP, and ERCOT join the legal fight against the EPA's Carbon Rules -- Energy Bad Boys

• FTC set to greenlight Chevron's $53B buy of oil rival Hess as soon as this week, sources say -- Reuters

• OPEC's latest World Oil Outlook 2024 makes it clear: peak oil demand is not on the horizon -- Oil Price

• Report: Oil and gas companies bring focus back to fossil fuels on energy security concerns -- World Oil

• US oil and gas drillers embrace electric rigs, but grid may not be ready, says Dallas Fed -- Reuters

• Coal's resurgence challenges energy transition; accounts for 26% of total consumption -- Oil Price

• Global oil demand growth to remain below 1M b/d in near future due to China slowdown -- S&P Global

• Newsom's war on big oil continues, calls them the "polluted heart of the climate crisis" -- Breitbart

• New scientific study links 200-year warming trend to declining cloud cover, not CO2 -- NoTricksZone

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- September 20, 2024

• Oil producers predict another decade of Bakken oil drilling -- Bismarck Tribune

• Energy demands only growing; ND at the production forefront -- Grand Forks Herald

• Natural gas to play major role in North Dakota economic development -- KFYR - TV

• State releases website as part of $300K CO2 education push -- Bismarck Tribune

• Hess facing state, federal lawsuits alleging irregularities in oil royalty payments -- Minot Daily News

• Producers predict another decade of Bakken drilling before recovery methods shift -- Bismarck Tribune

• Christmann discusses power regulation and data centers during NDPC Annual Meeting -- KFYR - TV

• Regulator urges oversight as oil companies eye data centers to address gas growth -- Bismarck Tribune

• N.Dakota, other attorneys general challenge California regulation on big trucks -- North Dakota Monitor

• ND energy assistance programs hope job seekers will consider weatherization work -- Minot Daily News

• NDPC welcomes court injunction halting BLM's overreaching rule on flaring -- Bowman County Pioneer

• Badlands group seeks to defend public land rule that North Dakota AG opposes -- Bismarck Tribune

• General fund is expected to end the 2023-25 biennium with a nearly $713M surplus -- Bismarck Tribune

• Nearly 135,000 approved for North Dakota's new primary residence tax credit -- The Center Square

• ND taxable sales and purchases for second quarter of 2024 show a slight decline -- Minot Daily News

• U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mitchell Johnson to assume command as adjutant general -- Minot Daily News

• State's residents encouraged to weigh in on property tax estimates at local level -- North Dakota Monitor

• Gov. Burgum to visit Israel this week as part of Republican Jewish Coalition sponsored trip -- KX News

• Services announced for Troy Seibel, former North Dakota Deputy Attorney General -- Dickinson Press

• North Dakota Department of Transportation releases statewide construction projects update -- KX News

• Son of Kevin Cramer to plead guilty in high-speed chase that killed sheriff's deputy -- Dickinson Press

• Eleven Iraqi oil and gas officials will visit Minot, hosted by GlobalND, reports MSU -- Minot Daily News

• $100K funding proposal for Minot Police recruitment denied amid ongoing investigation -- KFYR - TV

• Interstate to follow Highway 85; Port-to-Plains conference called success -- Bowman County Pioneer

• Commission may buy building for child care; plan in development to address urgent need -- The Journal

• Not enough signatures to put weather modification on the ballot in McKenzie County -- KFYR - TV

• Longtime McKenzie Health employee inducted into Nursing Hall of Fame -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Public comment opens for North Dakota plan to address underperforming schools -- Dickinson Press

• Four finalists named for Dickinson State University interim president spot -- North Dakota Monitor

• School choice task force holds first listening session; add'l sessions scheduled -- North Dakota Monitor

• Williston residents get the chance to tour the newly opened high school CTE center -- KFYR - TV

• Williston Basin School Board approves first bid package for the new elementary school -- KFYR - TV

• Kenmare K-5 music teacher Macie Harris-Nelson chosen as Teacher of the Year finalist -- KX News

• North Dakota Community Foundation awards $770,000 in over 400 scholarships -- Jamestown Sun

• Beulah Middle School teacher seeks to provide reading material for bilingual students -- The Beacon

• RAIN MHA Education Pathways attends ND Tribal Leaders Summit -- University of North Dakota

• Price gouging myth comes back once again just in time for November election -- Energy In Depth

• Future of American clean energy could be built on technology and experience from Big Oil -- The Hill

• Several big oil companies defeat US consumer lawsuit over production cuts, rising prices -- Reuters

• Biden's "record" oil production largely due to Trump's leasing policies -- American Enterprise Institute

• AI boom driving a surprise resurgence of US gas-fired power at fastest pace in years -- BNN Bloomberg

• Natural gas executives, US officials clash over policies at international energy conference -- Reuters

• The UN and Biden want net zero for the U.S.?while China opts for energy realism -- RealClearEnergy

• Internal watchdog found top EPA officials retaliated against 3 scientists with differing opinions -- The Hill

• China's coal use and output are rising as it remains the bedrock of nation's energy system -- Reuters

• Oil and gas execs talk fracking, LNG pause and 'realistic science' at Gastech conference -- E&E News

• Oil giant BP ditches wind energy as part of a renewed focus on oil, gas and solar -- Just The News

• Labor Dept. report touches on dark side of green energy; child labor mining materials -- Townhall

• Human CO2 emissions are supercharging corn yields and ensuring food security -- California Globe

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

• PSC staff outlines legal option for landowners in Summit fight -- Bismarck Tribune

• Pipeline won't capture all carbon emitted by ethanol plants -- North Dakota Monitor

• Feds could slash oil lease opportunities in a top producing state -- The Center Square

• Canadian man pleads guilty to destruction of energy facilities in ND -- KFYR - TV

• ND one of 23 states asking Supreme Court to reverse energy-related decision -- The Center Square

• BNI Coal to soon reach the milestone of 200 million tons of coal collected since 1970 -- The Beacon

• ND regulators greenlight design changes for already approved Badger Wind farm -- Bismarck Tribune

• Ports-to-Plains Annual Conference highlights efforts to expand US-85 into traffic corridor -- KFYR - TV

• Greater North Dakota Chamber discusses property tax elimination bill during summit -- Prairie Public

• ND Supreme Court hears case from voter blocked from lawmaker's Facebook page -- Bismarck Tribune

• ND trade mission aimed at expanding state's exports to Taiwan planned in late April -- Bismarck Tribune

• DEQ warns of more hazy skies ahead for ND from Canadian, western US wildfires -- Dickinson Press

• State races pick up again as general election draws near; analyst discusses what's next -- KFYR - TV

• LIFT funding now available for North Dakota innovators; applications due Oct. 18 -- Grand Forks Herald

• Prison director receives national award for 'paving the way' to better prison culture -- Dickinson Press

• Pair of fires in Medora Ranger District under investigation; recreational activities cited -- Dickinson Press

• Theodore Roosevelt Expressway project continues to move forward -- McKenzie County Farmer

• North Dakota outreach leaders feel good about Native American voting participation -- Minot Daily News

• Minot police chief placed on administrative leave; investigation of disciplinary actions -- Fargo Forum

• Public comment sought on Williston's proposed Valence Natural Gas Solutions -- Minot Daily News

• ND ag commissioner says out-of-state land purchases are 'destroying our communities' -- AgWeek

• T4 Summit connects over 700 students with local industry careers in Dickinson -- Dickinson Press

• SWCTE Academy prepares students for careers with hands-on real world learning -- Dickinson Press

• Space is filling up at the Bakken Area Skills Center with 250 students enrolled this year -- KFYR - TV

• Williston High School's career counselor recently honored for achievements in CTE -- Williston Herald

• Kirsten Baesler op-ed: BLM's coal leasing plan would hurt ND education funding -- Bismarck Tribune

• Task Force adopts recommendations to better recruit, retain teachers in ND -- Bismarck Tribune

• Lewis & Clark Elementary's Engagement Lab remains a hit for teachers and students -- KFYR - TV

• Dual credit college-level courses at Divide County High School are now taught in person -- The Journal

• Legislature's Information Technology Committee discuss how educators adapting to AI use -- KX News

• Minot school board approves 2024-2025 budget, second reading of 2024 tax levy -- Minot Daily News

• AG Wrigley joins majority of states in signing letter requiring warnings on social media -- KNOX Radio

• Kelcy Warren, the Texas billionaire who has Greenpeace USA on the ropes -- Wall Street Journal

• The "Energy Transition" is an exercise in groupthink fantasy amazing to behold -- RealClearEnergy

• Judge strikes down city of L.A.'s ban on new oil drilling; rules state has jurisdiction -- Los Angeles Times

• US electric utilities push for more customer rate hikes after record year of cost increases -- Reuters

• China is developing enough new mines to produce 1.28 billion metric tons of coal each year -- Reuters

• Harris emphasized support for oil and gas while limiting focus on climate change in debate -- The Hill

• From fracking critic to supporter, why Kamala's flip-flop is more political posturing -- Dickinson Press

• Harris dodges on fracking in debate, sparking doubt among energy experts -- Fox Business News

• Why a Kamala Harris administration would be a total disaster for American energy -- Daily Caller

• US energy security, oil and gas production in jeopardy following Gulf of Mexico court ruling -- World Oil

• Oil industry is divided on how to prepare for the new methane tax. Here's what to know. -- E&E News

• Permian Basin gas pipeline capacity set to increase with Matterhorn Express Pipeline launch -- Oil Price

• Offshore wind decimating sea life, fishermen accuse Biden-Harris of cover-up -- Public News Service

• Myth of increasing disasters, CO2 emissions not causing more extreme weather -- Dr. Matthew Wielicki