Friday, January 10, 2025

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- January 10, 2025

• AG Drew Wrigley intends to sue EPA over coal waste regulation -- Dickinson Press

• Basin Electric energizes Roundup-to-Kummer Ridge transmission line -- KFYR - TV

• State energy leader previews Trump era energy policy -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Group of landowners appeal Summit CO2 storage decision -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota Petroleum Council president criticizes Biden offshore drilling order -- KFYR - TV

• Christmann to remain Public Service Commission chair in break from tradition -- North Dakota Monitor

• Massive untapped oil reserves found in northeastern McKenzie County -- McKenzie County Farmer

• MDU: More ND data center-related grid issues likely; legal fee refund requested -- Bismarck Tribune

• 'Make Carbon Dioxide Great Again' law would ban CO2 reduction efforts in Wyoming -- WyoFile

• Montana failed to consider pollution from new power plant, but court won't stop it -- Daily Montanan

• US Senate Democrats concerned Republicans rushing confirmation of Burgum -- News from the States

• Officially a member of US House of Representatives, Julie Fedorchak ready to get to work -- KFGO

• Why North Dakota lawmakers won't be passing a 'Christmas tree' bill this year -- North Dakota Monitor

• Legislators advance bill to shake up funding for township roads in North Dakota -- Bismarck Tribune

• ND Ethics Commission receives pushback, part of measure is unconstitutional -- North Dakota Monitor

• With 48 multistate lawsuits, AG Wrigley says he's defending North Dakota's interests -- Dickinson Press

• A look at some of the lesser-known bills being introduced during this legislative session -- KFYR - TV

• Missing, murdered Indigenous bill, education top priorities for North Dakota tribes -- Dickinson Press

• Port: Culture war bills are back at ND Legislature, 10 Commandments, bathroom use -- Fargo Forum

• Tree that hit power line caused one of the most devastating fires in state's history -- Dickinson Press

• Billings County Commission ousts longtime state's attorney in abrupt surprise move -- Dickinson Press

• Northwest North Dakota officials taking a wait-and-see approach on property tax proposal -- KFYR - TV

• Bowman County Development Corporation invites public to annual meeting -- Bowman County Pioneer

• Fargo legislator Josh Christy eyes high tech's economic potential for North Dakota -- Minot Daily News

• Minot City Council voted unanimously to part ways with Police Chief John Klug -- KFYR - TV

• Spirit Fund grant requests exceed $294K; more than triple what was sought last year -- The Journal

• Auditions open for Medora Musical; Singers, dancers invited to submit audition videos -- Medora.com

• Applications for 2025 North Dakota County Teachers of the Year open until February 9 -- KX News

• North Dakota Tribal College System releases 2024 Economic Impact Study findings -- NewsDakota

• Former Lt. Gov Sanford named interim president of Bismarck State College -- North Dakota Monitor

• Dickinson State restructures academic leadership, appoints Gruhlke as Provost -- Dickinson Press

• North Dakotans support free lunches, sour on public dollars for private tuition -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota K-12 schools affected by nationwide cybersecurity breach -- North Dakota Monitor

• Funding available for North Dakota-based businesses through internship program -- Minot Daily News

• North Dakota bill seeks to put Ten Commandments in every public school classroom -- Dickinson Press

• Hess Corporation donates $50,000 in scholarships to state's graduating seniors in 2025 -- KX News

• President-elect Trump rips Biden's offshore drilling restrictions: 'I'll unban it immediately' -- The Hill

• IPAA responds to Biden's offshore drilling ban, denounces it as "significant and catastrophic" -- IPAA

• US House Republicans prioritizing energy legislation during first weeks of new Congress -- E&E News

• Justin Trudeau's resignation marks 'a fantastic day' for energy investors: Eric Nuttall -- BNN Bloomberg

• China's Shandong Port, entry point for most sanctioned oil, bans US-designated vessels -- Reuters

• Trump says no more wind farms: "You don't need energy that needs a subsidy" -- Cowboy State Daily

• New York on the march to climate utopia and likely the 'Green Energy Wall' -- Manhattan Contrarian

• Germany's power plants run on hard coal remain vital back up to guarantee electricity supply -- Reuters

• The surprising climate commitments of Trump's new 'energy czar' Burgum -- The Washington Post

• Michigan primed to clear cut hundreds of acres of forest to make way for solar panels -- Daily Caller

• From Arctic blasts to LA wildfires, beware the storm of climate change nonsense -- Issues and Insights

• GOP rep unveils bill: No president can ban fracking without Congressional approval -- Daily Caller

• Science loses when activists and media weaponize weather to push climate dogma -- American Thinker

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