• Bohrer: Why HB 1279 is a vital investment in coal counties, state -- Beulah Beacon
• PSC sets hearings for large power line in northwest North Dakota -- Bismarck Tribune
• Bette Grande: Strong energy policy will create a strong North Dakota -- Fargo Forum
• Resolution to change utilities board elections fails in ND Senate -- Dickinson Press
• Lawmakers advance CO2 pipeline moratorium, bill regulating land agents -- South Dakota Searchlight
• Nuclear power plant proposed in Saskatchewan, potentially just across ND border -- Minot Daily News
• Pipeline malfunction causes 28,140 gallon produced water spill southeast of Ray -- Minot Daily News
• Jury hears opening statements in bellwether trial between DAPL and Greenpeace -- Fargo Forum
• Changing term limits targeted in North Dakota Senate concurrent resolution -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota sales tax collections post modest 3.2% increase in Q4 over 2023 -- Minot Daily News
• Trump's proposed 25% Canadian tariffs may impact North Dakota retail and tourism -- Dickinson Press
• North Dakota Legislature passes one, fails three bills on election laws in the state -- Bismarck Tribune
• Proposed measure on legislator salaries, public records and lobbying resurfaces -- Dickinson Press
• Legislature doing fast footwork to pick up pieces in wake of drainage legal drama -- Dickinson Press
• Montana Senate unanimously passes property tax bill to credit residential payers -- Daily Montanan
• District 27 Republicans set to meet March 6 to fill ND House vacancy left by Christy -- Dickinson Press
• New initiative aims to stop "erosion" of local news coverage in rural North Dakota -- Fargo Forum
• Gravel, chip seal roads in Williams Co. restricted to "no oversize travel" until further notice -- KX News
• Regional job board expands hiring reach for southwestern North Dakota businesses -- Dickinson Press
• North Dakota House passes education savings bill for private school students -- Dickinson Press
• Education Savings Accounts for all North Dakota students pass Senate 25-22 -- North Dakota Monitor
• Economic contribution of North Dakota University System estimated at $3.71B -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota makes notable progress in degree attainment in working age adults -- Minot Daily News
• Watford City High School students champion workforce readiness at capitol -- McKenzie County Farmer
• State lawmakers expand free school meals after rejecting larger proposal -- North Dakota Monitor
• Only two candidates apply for vacant Williston school board position with vote on Friday -- KFYR - TV
• Educators in New Town and Devils Lake awarded as state's top school principals -- Minot Daily News
• Judge's ruling finds Wyoming Legislature unconstitutionally underfunded public schools -- WyoFile
• Trump's energy czar has plan to 'map, baby, map' deposits of oil, gas, critical minerals -- Financial Post
• Chevron announces it will lay off 15-20% of global workforce, reorganize business structure -- Oil Price
• BP expected to announce shift of focus back to oil, gas; set to scrap renewable energy goal -- Oil Price
• Pairing renewables, existing gas plants could speed up tech projects without crashing grid -- E&E News
• Why carbon dioxide emissions will fall under Trump. The simple reason: innovation. -- RealClearEnergy
• Lawmakers must prioritize reliable and affordable energy to lure data centers -- Washington Times
• Trump taps fossil fuel insider Audrey Robertson of Liberty to run DOE's renewable office -- E&E News
• President Trump is calling for the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline cancelled by Biden -- The Hill
• U.S. power generators plan to remove about 8.1 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity this year -- Reuters
• One thing is inevitable: One of the world's most climate-ambitious governments will fall -- E&E News
• Canada wants new oil pipelines to avoid Trump tariffs; but nobody wants to build them -- Reuters
• US House votes to overturn Biden-era rule implementing excess methane emissions fee -- The Hill
• West Virginia becomes 4th state granted Class VI primacy to manage CO2 storage wells -- WV News
• The FBI is probing for fraud in Biden EPA's $20 billion green new deal giveaway -- Daily Caller
• Killing IRA subsidies will slash debt, lower costs and restore reliable energy -- Energy Talking Points
• Trump's EPA to roll back endangerment finding that declared CO2 a pollutant -- Manhattan Contrarian