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Geoff Simon's Quick Connects
• State's largest coal plant plans to power North Dakota data center park -- InForum
• Vice President Vance talks energy production during visit to North Dakota -- KFYR - TV
• Basin testifies that data centers are not behind need for nat gas plant -- The Journal
• North Dakota considers proposed natural gas pipelines that would stretch across the state -- KFYR - TV
• New Applied Digital report further argues the case for more AI data centers in North Dakota -- WZFG
• Morton County eyes carbon capture regulations after project was cut -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota oil production sees slight dip in April, industry remains resilient -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Wyoming's first new coal mine in decades aims to extract rare earth minerals -- Wyoming Public Media
• BLM announces oil and gas lease sale for Montana, North Dakota set for September 10 -- NBC Montana
• North Dakota climate plan being finalized in different world than the one it started in -- Bismarck Tribune
• NDSU research shows proposed 45Z credit changes could shift biofuel economics -- News Release
• Governor Armstrong announces program to help producers affected by severe storms -- KFYR - TV
• North Dakota tribes to take voting disenfranchisement lawsuit to US Supreme Court -- Dickinson Press
• Power line caused North Dakota wildfire on Fort Berthold Reservation last year -- Bismarck Tribune
• State lawmakers won't challenge partial veto of housing, homelessness funds -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota lawmakers plan to hold hearing on security concerns after Minnesota attacks -- KVRR
• Law raising interstate speed limit to 80 mph, higher fines, will go into effect August 1 -- KX News
• Rep. Fedorchak talks the 'big, beautiful bill,' Medicaid and town hall meetings -- Dickinson Press
• Canadian wildfire smoke poised to again impact North Dakota in the coming days -- Bismarck Tribune
• New measles case confirmed in Williams County, bringing state's total to 35 -- North Dakota Monitor
• Produced water spill reported in Williams County fifteen miles south of Tioga -- Minot Daily News
• Armstrong traveling to Turtle Mountain as part of commitment to strengthen relations -- Bismarck Tribune
• Mayor candidate Josiah Roise files federal lawsuit against city police, county sheriff -- Minot Daily News
• Lewis & Clark Regional Development Council to hire director to help local communities -- Beulah Beacon
• Emergency crews in Stanley respond to gas leak at County Medical Center -- Mountrail County Promoter
• City of Kenmare to replace water main; current pipe at the end of its useful life -- Minot Daily News
• Dickinson's Roughrider Days parade draws record crowds, ends with epic fireworks -- Dickinson Press
• North American Coal and its employees raise more than $31,000 for child care center -- Hazen Star
• Hazen musicians, Tigirlily Gold, will release new song in partnership with ND Tourism -- KFYR - TV
• $12K boiler system repair, bus acquisition biggest impacts on CSPS budget -- The Center Republican
• First days on the job: CSPS superintendent Adam Hill settles in to new position -- The Center Republican
• North Dakota school districts get no "summer break" from budget maneuvering -- Public News Service
• Millions in federal money frozen for North Dakota after-school programs next year -- Bismarck Tribune
• States in 'triage mode' over Dept. of Education withholding $6B in K-12 funding -- North Dakota Monitor
• Fargo school board planning to vote on a new $45 million northside elementary school -- InForum
• An updated collection of all the rule changes coming to North Dakota high school sports -- KX News
• "Zero Tolerance" EPA launches investigation into effort to upend will of American people -- Breitbart
• Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says new Canadian oil pipeline is 'highly likely' -- Oil Price
• U.S. House passes Trump's tax bill in move that reverses much of Biden's clean energy push -- World Oil
• Trump administration warns of blackout risks rising as AI, reindustrialization push strain grid -- The Hill
• National Weather Service defends its flood warnings amid scrutiny of Trump staff cuts -- NBC News
• White House blasts the suggestion that Trump's cuts contributed to Texas flooding death toll -- PBS
• US to produce less oil in 2025 than previously expected amid declining prices, EIA says -- Reuters
• AI's ultimate challenge isn't technological. Can oil and gas solve the power dilemma? -- Utility Dive
• Crude futures fall over 2% as traders reacted to fresh tariff threats from President Trump -- Oil Price
• IEA executive director argues that the world must prepare to address energy security threats -- Oil Price
• Robert Bryce: US is screwed on rare earths?and China's not letting go of its grip -- Financial Sense
• The green lobby's dishonest crusade for solar and wind; renewables fail to deliver -- RealClearMarkets
