Saturday, June 28, 2025

Geoff's Simon's Quick Connects -- June 28, 2025

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• Burgum bailing on "all-of-the-above" energy, focus on energy security -- E&E News

• Trending in the Williston Basin: ND sees more U-turn well permits -- Hart Energy

• America First energy agenda is the power surge ND and the world needs -- InForum

• North Dakota PSC sets hearing for new Bakken crude pipelines -- Bismarck Tribune

• Intensity, Rainbow Energy to build 344-mile gas pipeline across North Dakota -- Pipeline & Gas Journal

• Energy industry leaders host 'Made in North Dakota' roundtable with congressional staff -- KX News

• Massive caught on video fireball lights up Montana sky after oilfield disposal plant explodes -- NY Post

• Longtime public servant, former PSC Commissioner Bruce Hagen dies at 94 -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota to expand in-state Legacy Fund investments up to $150M -- North Dakota Monitor

• Derecho leaves trail of damage as tornadoes, 100+ mph winds sweep across Plains -- Fox Weather

• Armstrong declares statewide disaster for tornado damage across ND -- Office of the Governor

• Appointment of state lawmaker in limbo amid dispute over district party chair -- Bismarck Tribune

• Federal funding cuts to ND agencies total $100M so far, analysis shows -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota among the top five most dangerous states for drivers on the 4th of July -- KX News

• City of Dickinson verbally commits $4 million toward new airport terminal project -- Dickinson Press

• Watford City housing initiative has newly-built homes nearly ready to sell -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Brand new childcare facility in Alexander is nearing completion; fall opening expected -- KFYR-TV

• New partnership adds a high-tech twist to the city's Roughrider Days July 4 finale -- Dickinson Press

• State offers storm help for Stark County residents after severe weather slams area -- Dickinson Press

• Street projects continue in Stanley; water and sewer replacements as well -- Mountrail Co. Promoter

• County commission agrees to fund family crisis, domestic violence shelter -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Williston city commissioner Lucas Gjovig seated, replaces Tate Symbaluk who resigned -- KFYR-TV

• Five candidates seek open Killdeer City Commission seat in August 18 election -- Dickinson Press

• Susie Jacobson wins Divide County School Board seat as a write-in candidate -- Crosby Journal

• Supporters of charter schools coming to North Dakota say it's 'all about choice' -- Dickinson Press

• Pennsylvania legislators pass bill mandating that kids learn cursive in school -- Washington Times

• Mardee Reich voted in, Kory McGraw holds seat on BPS board, Auston Biles resigns -- Beulah Beacon

• Minot Rep. Scott Louser drops plan to pursue school funding ballot measure -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota University System faces $800,000 shortfall, interim chancellor says -- Dickinson Press

• Results from the Williston Basin school board election canvassed and accepted -- Williston Herald

• USGS reports 29.4 billion barrels of untapped oil reserves under federal lands -- US Dept. of Interior

• Trump administration announces massive 80-million acre Gulf of America oil lease sale -- Free Beacon

• Oil prices drop 6% as agreement on Israel-Iran ceasefire reduces Middle East supply risk -- Reuters

• Trump calls on US, global producers to keep crude prices from spiking after strikes on Iran -- Oil Price

• US grid operators direct power plants to maximize their output amid heat, prices surge -- Reuters

• Environmental group says 130 new gas-fired generation projects proposed in Texas -- PowerMag

• The energy decarbonization myth frays as hydrocarbon use continues to grows -- BisPacReview

• Federal agencies ignore their research to prevent windmills from killing eagles -- Watts Up With That

• NOAA axes Climate.gov site based on Trump's 'Gold Standard Science' executive order -- Breitbart

• AP hilariously offers guide to manage "emotional toll" of climate anxiety that it stokes -- Newsbusters