Friday, September 27, 2024

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

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