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• Coal, oil seek to join forces on North Dakota energy production -- North Dakota Monitor
• Nonprofit GlobalND welcomes eight Pakistani officials for energy exchange -- KX News
• Westmoreland gets $6K fine for soil contamination at shuttered mine -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota PSC challenging potential utility rate hikes from MN mandates -- WDAY
• They can't get answers from the oil industry. ND's oversight program hasn't helped. -- North Dakota Monitor
• Conservation Forage Program successfully restores over 10K acres of ND grassland -- Minot Daily News
• Total of 39 North Dakotans applied to fill open positions to Ethics Commission -- North Dakota Monitor
• Construction work begins on Military Gallery expansion on State Capitol grounds -- Bismarck Tribune
• ND Poll indicates firm support for Trump, Armstrong; Fedorchak, Cramer slip -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota lawmakers weigh new legislation after governor veto confusion -- North Dakota Monitor
• Legislative interim committee discussing additional security measures for state legislators -- Prairie Public
• National Night Out brings together first responders and community in White Shield -- Minot Daily News
• Road restrictions in effect for Williams County zones 4?6; weight now capped at 20,000 pounds -- KX News
• Dakota Nights: Astronomy Festival returns to Theodore Roosevelt National Park -- Williston Herald
• McKenzie County Commission grants $500k to Cowboy Hall of Fame -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Crosby City Council approves preliminary 2026 budget at its August meeting -- The Journal
• Ward County Commissioners are facing tough decisions as they work to trim next year's budget -- KFYR - TV
• ND HHS launches public survey to help shape initiative aimed at improving rural healthcare -- KX News
• Dickinson voters set to choose new city commissioner in August 18 special election -- Dickinson Press
• Senator Hoeven and US Forest Service Chief meet with local ranchers in Dickinson -- Dickinson Press
• Bowman County Commissioner reflects on two decades of public service -- Bowman County Pioneer
• Mercer County Commission unanimously approves preliminary budget for fiscal year 2026 -- The Beacon
• Public hearing to finalize Beulah's 2026 budget set for council's regularly scheduled meeting -- The Beacon
• North Dakota lawmakers weigh new legislation after governor veto confusion -- North Dakota Monitor
• Projected surplus just under $1M is in horizon for the Williston Basin School District #7 -- Williston Herald
• North Dakota HHS shares tips and resources to support healthy back-to-school routines -- Williston Herald
• Divide County schools develop plan for upcoming school year with counselor position open -- The Journal
• North Dakota United's 2025 Legislative Report Card is active; second time report offered -- NewsDakota
• Local nonprofit expanding its outreach to help Minot students get life's necessities -- Minot Daily News
• Mill levy set to increase for Hazen School District to make up inadequacy in building fund -- Hazen Star
• English classes seen as helping North Dakota retain foreign-born workers -- North Dakota Monitor
• 'Not a huge change': Beulah Public School adjusts to state's 'zero tolerance' cellphone policy -- The Beacon
• Tioga School Board schedules hearing on district's 25-26 budget at special meeting -- Williston Herald
• AI's electricity pipe dreams: Industry cannot develop with a resurgence in coal use -- CoalZoom.com
• Coal isn't dead. Despite global climate targets, its consumption hit a record high in 2024 -- Oil Price
• Exponential growth of AI may push its total peak power requirements to 50 gigawatts by 2030 -- E&E News
• U.S. power consumption will hit record highs in 2025 and 2026 predicts EIA in short term outlook -- Reuters
• National Energy Dominance Council quietly driving one of Trump's biggest policy ambitions -- E&E News
• New Mexico Four Corners power plant no longer set to retire in 2031 amid reliability crunch -- E&E News
• Spain to Texas and India to Ireland, farmers fight to save agricultural land from big solar -- Robert Bryce
• Interior approves proposal to expand Skyline Mine that's been subject of legal challenges -- E&E News
• China has started building the world's largest hydropower dam on the edge of Tibetan Plateau -- IER
• Trump administration proposes nearly $1 billion in funding for critical mineral development -- Reuters
• EPA preparing to extend key deadline set by Biden to reduce coal-fired plants' water pollution -- E&E News
• Federal forecast projects that US crude production will fall as prices drop to pandemic levels -- E&E News
• Repowering retired coal capacity holds the key to fast-track a cleaner and more resilient grid -- World Oil
• The United States exported 30% of the energy it produced in 2024, mostly oil and natural gas -- EIA
• Media's latest spin: Blame Trump for rising energy prices, ignore Dems' green policies -- Daily Caller
• New study: Arctic sea ice hasn't declined since Al Gore's 2007 doomsday prediction -- NoTricksZone
• Before climate change became a scapegoat, mega floods and fires devastated California -- PRI
• The Associated Press' latest embarrassing shamefest: Your dog is causing climate change -- RedState
