Friday, May 30, 2025

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- May 30, 2025

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• State approves drilling completion waivers due to volatile crude oil prices -- KFYR-TV

• Commentary: More investment is needed in energy innovation -- Grand Forks Herald

• Over 3M gallons of produced water spill in western North Dakota -- Dickinson Press

• ND coal mine to become processing site for Minnesota nickel -- North Dakota Monitor

• Eminent domain battle brews: Tesoro, Schaff Green family to square off -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Walsh County officials see no long-term impacts to site of Keystone Pipeline spill -- Grand Forks Herald

• Greenpeace appeal, ND jury wanted to 'punish' someone for pipeline protests -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota Legislative Council to prepare briefs on special session scenarios -- Bismarck Tribune

• Sandi Sanford won't seek another term as Chairwoman of North Dakota Republican Party -- WDAY

• Thousands gather to honor fallen service members at ND Veterans Cemetery -- Bismarck Tribune

• Ethics Commission announces that Chair Dave Anderson has died at age 69 -- North Dakota Monitor

• Rep. Julie Fedorchak to host third virtual town hall to discuss 'big beautiful bill' -- Dickinson Press

• Spirit Lake, Turtle Mountain tribes ask appeals court to overturn redistricting decision -- Dickinson Press

• New measles case confirmed in Burke County, total now 28 in North Dakota -- Bismarck Tribune

• Superintendent Kirsten Baesler waiting on Senate vote for new role in Washington, D.C. -- KX News

• Reclassified as non-oil producing, Divide road repair funds uncertain due to new laws -- The Journal

• NDDOT meets with Billings, Stark County residents as Hwy 85 construction moves south -- KFYR - TV

• Williston Police Chief resigns after former city commissioner cited as reason for turmoil -- KFYR - TV

• Minot mayoral verification deadline nears as two of the four candidates submit signatures -- KX News

• Public invited to open house and info meeting for next phase of flood protection in Minot -- KFYR - TV

• Five awards were presented during the Williston Teacher Appreciation Awards Banquet -- KX News

• New classical Christian academy planned for Bakken in fall of 2026 -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Fact finding committee finds the Mapleton School District is in 'deep trouble' -- Fargo Forum

• Two summer meal programs being launched by Williston Basin School District #7 -- Williston Herald

• Bottineau college leader Carmen Simone to fill in as Lake Region president -- North Dakota Monitor

• Education issues among top regrets of lawmakers as 2025 session concluded -- Grand Forks Herald

• Some states reexamine school discipline as Trump order paves go-ahead -- North Dakota Monitor

• Climate extremists make our kids despair, and groom them to join the left's crusades -- NY Post

• MISO ignored reliability warnings before holiday blackout left New Orleans in the dark -- Daily Caller

• Dept. of Energy designates metallurgical coal as a critical material in move to boost steel -- E&E News

• Wildfire in Alberta disrupts oil and gas operations, prompts evacuation of small town -- Reuters

• Elon Musk posts "compared to solar, oil is small-time" on X; delivers gut punch to industry -- Oil Price

• Greenland will seek investments in its minerals sector from any country, including China -- Oil Price

• The "Big Beautiful Bill" must end the phasing out of wind and solar subsidies now. -- RealClearEnergy

• Wyoming lawmakers mull, again, allowing temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel waste -- WyoFile

• AI Global Leadership Summit recap from the Hamm Institute for American Energy -- YouTube

• API, AFPM Applaud Senate Vote to Overturn California Gas Car Ban -- American Petroleum Institute

• Some MN lawmakers want to extend tax breaks for energy-sucking data centers -- Minnesota Reformer

• Supreme Court limits NEPA environmental review of major infrastructure projects -- Conservative Brief

• Trump DOE kills $3 billion Biden-era green loan to financially embattled solar firm -- Daily Caller

• Congress is resurrecting the battle against the climate alarmist cult's regulatory assault -- mrcTV

• "Green" waste piles up as discarded solar panels and wind turbines pollute landfills -- The Federalist