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• Rising energy demands shaping North Dakota energy production -- Grand Forks Herald
• North Dakota environmental agency cancels carbon emissions work -- Dickinson Press
• Data centers sprouting across ND. Where will the next ones be planted? -- Dickinson Press
• Chevron eliminates over 100 positions in ND following Hess merger -- KFYR-TV
• Bakken gas-to-oil ratios reach new record as pipelines advance -- Natural Gas Intelligence
• North Dakota regulators fine Dakota Gasification $1,500 for natural gas system violations -- Bismarck Tribune
• Private equity giant will control Minnesota Power after PUC approves $6.2 billion sale -- Star Tribune
• Congress repeals Biden land use plan for Montana; critics say wrongly restricted coal mining -- E&E News
• North Dakota officials vote to extend $250 million Project Tundra loan through March -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota regulators approve Abercrombie Solar project and cleared two key permits -- KX News
• North American Iron to construct pig ore processing plant in Minot industrial park -- Minot Daily News
• Deadly North Dakota tornado was the first classified at EF5 strength in US in a dozen years -- The Hill
• Senate confirms Baesler to Education post, Chase as US attorney for North Dakota -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota will not receive federal disaster relief until government shutdown ends -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong prepares the state in case the shutdown lasts a while -- KFYR - TV
• Local North Dakota officials express concern after first budgets with 3% property tax cap -- Bismarck Tribune
• Bank of North Dakota to launch state's first stablecoin known as Roughrider coin -- North Dakota Monitor
• Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library nears completion in the Badlands -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Federal shutdown affects about 600 gov't civilian employees at Minot Air Force Base -- Minot Daily News
• Proposed natural gas pipeline would provide new energy option to Minot, communities -- Minot Daily News
• Minot City Council approved its budget for 2026 after series of 11th-hour line-item changes -- KFYR - TV
• Interior and Agriculture scale back services as workers furloughed across southwest ND -- Dickinson Press
• City of Beulah finalizes 2026 budget; council discusses city attorney 9% rate increase -- The Beacon
• Federal funding approved to keep rural airports running amid government shutdown -- North Dakota Monitor
• Williston drivers should be clear of construction on Highway 2 by the end of the month -- KFYR - TV
• Minot school board decides former Bell school building southeast of city should be sold -- Minot Daily News
• 33 students from Dickinson to receive North Dakota Community Foundation scholarships -- Dickinson Press
• US Department of Education awards over $950,000 to North Dakota schools and colleges -- Kevin Cramer
• Dept of Public Instruction says process to replace Baesler won't begin until shutdown ends -- KFYR - TV
• Minot State hosts open house for new Innovation Engineering program available in 2026 -- KX News
• Trump's economic plans called for more oil drilling and lower gas prices. He'll get the latter. -- Yahoo Finance
• Senate panel to vote on bipartisan legislation to reauthorize nation's pipeline safety regulator -- E&E News
• Belgian wind project vetoed which brings the global total of renewable rejections to 1,104 -- Robert Bryce
• Data center power demand is exposing an old truth: electricity is the master resource. -- RealClearEnergy
• EIA expects US oil production to hit a larger record this year than previously expected -- Reuters
• Alberta Premier seeks federal backing for the newly proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast -- Oil Price
• With one quarter of BLM staff placed on furlough so far, signs show more could be coming soon -- E&E News
• US oil production hits record as global stockpiles continue to build and onshore rig counts fall -- Upstream
• Federal judge rules Biden's massive Gulf Coast offshore oil and gas ban was illegal -- The Center Square
• Geothermal energy has potential to generate clean power from abandoned oil wells -- The Conversation
• Meteorologist slams the Guardian: Urban heat, not CO2, driving city temperature rises -- Climate Realism
• In the name of "green energy," wind farms are causing great damage to natural habitats -- NoTricksZone