Friday, December 12, 2025

Alison Ritter's Quick Connects -- December 12, 2025

Locator: 49694B. 

Quick connects:

Legacy Fund infrastructure investment could help bolster pipeline -- North Dakota Monitor
Natural gas operator Targa Badlands fined for environmental violation -- North Dakota Monitor
BLM seeking input for April 2026 sale of 23 oil and gas parcels in the Dakotas -- BLM
Public Service Commission sets hearing for battery storage in Burke Co. -- Minot Daily News
As a cold winter is underway in North Dakota, here's how to save money on energy bills -- Bismarck Tribune
Fedorchak introduces High-Capacity Grid Act to modernize America's transmission system -- Julie Fedorchak
North Dakota names Lisa Fair McEvers its first female Supreme Court chief justice -- North Dakota Monitor
North Dakota governor sets Jan. 21 as tentative date for special legislative session -- North Dakota Monitor
Political newcomer Kessel announces bid for North Dakota House; two incumbents to run again -- InForum
North Dakota State Ethics Commission appoints new commissioner Mark Western from Stanley -- KFYR-TV
North Dakota State Trooper's unconventional approach to winter storm safety goes viral -- Valley News Live
MHA Nation plans $30 million water treatment plant -- first cost-share project with state -- Bismarck Tribune
Theodore Roosevelt National Park wild horses could gain federal protection under new bill -- Dickinson Press
McKenzie County P&Z denies permit for solar farm project; deemed win for local landowners -- KFYR-TV
Watford City centralized downtown makeover: redevelopment plan takes shape -- McKenzie County Farmer
Freezing rain overnight rendered Minot and the surrounding region into a skating rink -- Minot Daily News
Pointers: Antoinette Heier shares time, workload management tips at Vision West meeting -- Hazen Star
Bowman & Slope County Community Foundation awards $191K in grants this fall -- Bowman County Pioneer
Lawmakers weigh impact of free school meal proposal, uncertainty about its cost -- North Dakota Monitor
Bachmeier talks educational options as new state superintendent plans school district trips -- KFYR-TV
State's K-12 schools show slight gain in student college and career path readiness -- North Dakota Monitor
Updated school accountability reports and results from new statewide assessment announced -- KX News
Swift development of AI has left North Dakota educators to navigate delicate balancing act -- Dickinson Press
State lawmakers discuss funding, feasibility, concerns around free meal initiative for schools -- KFYR-TV
Process of implementing new Williston elementary school boundaries will begin this month -- Williston Herald
McKenzie County's 'Angel Fund' ensures every child can focus on learning -- McKenzie County Farmer
North Dakota University System opens applications for Bismarck State College President -- Bismarck Tribune
Minot Public Schools Superintendent shares decision-making process to cancel school Tuesday -- KFYR-TV
Geothermal has huge potential to generate power ? including from oil and gas wells -- The Invading Sea
Gas prices sink while electricity jumps, giving both GOP and Dems an affordability talking point -- The Hill
US utilities are racing to sign data center supply deals as AI boom powers demand surge -- Reuters
Colorado regulators approve plan to keep 50-year-old coal unit operating through 2026 -- E&E News
US Army to develop small refineries to ensure domestic supply of critical minerals for defense -- Oil Price
US has seized sanctioned oil tanker off coast of Venezuela says Trump; sends oil prices higher -- Reuters
While the US ratchets up political pressure on Maduro's regime, we won't 'get' Venezuelan oil -- Forbes
Trump DOE to finance up to 10 reactors in bid to kickstart nuclear energy "renaissance" -- Free Beacon
For Gen Z, why a nuclear energy future is proving a unifying force in a divided world -- RealClearEnergy
China to launch commercial operations at world's first small modular reactor as early as 2026 -- Oil Price
Solar and wind project approvals on federal lands have virtually stopped this year under Trump -- Oil Price
Trump Administration says the real threat is climate policy ? not global warming itself -- E&E News
The Permian "Peak" that Isn't; production growing, now a tech-driven "manufacturing" phase -- Oil Price
Report: Blue states with renewable mandates have higher electricity prices than red states -- Just The News
Trump administration fast tracks major Alaskan mineral mine that Biden admin tried to bury -- 247 Politics
Insurance companies are making record profits off climate change panic, not scientific facts -- NY Post