Last week, Talon Metals announced it has secured a former coal mine site in western North Dakota for processing nickel from its proposed project. It’s a victory for North Dakota’s…
In the second major court ruling stemming from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in recent weeks, a judge in Bismarck has ordered the federal government to reimburse the State of…
The North Dakota Monitor reported yesterday on a bill intended to “keep North Dakota at the forefront of developing rare earth minerals.” It’s an important step toward meeting the many…
Happy Earth Day! Today is a day to celebrate human flourishing and the ability of capitalism, innovation, and property rights to better conserve the environment than top-down mandates. Between 1970…
The American Legislative Exchange Council released its fourth Energy Affordability Report this month, ranking the 50 states by the weighted average price of electricity. The results truly demonstrate the damage…
Federal subsidies enjoyed by wind and solar power developers would be phased out and eliminated over five years under legislation introduced by North Dakota Rep. Julie Fedorchak. The first-term GOP…
A Tesla Cybertruck was keyed in the West Fargo Costco parking lot just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 29. The same folks that, not so long ago, advocated for…
Earlier this month, South Dakota signed into law a ban on the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines. Now Summit Carbon Solutions, the developer seeking permitting approval for…
Yesterday, the White House announced an executive order titled “Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production.” The order is intended to increase domestic mineral production and decrease reliance on foreign…
It would be difficult to overstate the likely impact of the jury's decision in the defamation case brought by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline against environmental icon Greenpeace…
Last week, South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed a bill banning the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines. The Iowa House is considering a similar bill. It’s a…
The Grand Forks Herald reported last week about the concerns from residents about the newly-proposed Flickertail Wind Project: The nuisance of their presence, their impact on animals and the drain…
The Trump administration this week signaled that it may roll back almost 50 years of regulations that created the lengthy and litigious permitting process in the U.S. That would be welcome news…
What should be the guiding principle of federal lands management? The House Subcommittee on Federal Lands heard from witnesses about just that last week. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages 245 million…
The U.S. Energy Department, under the leadership of Secretary Chris Wright, announced its priorities last week in a Secretarial order. The order reads, in part: 1. Advance Energy Addition, Not…
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) published a brief on January 30, 2025, showing that the U.S. imports nearly all of the uranium concentrate used to power commercial nuclear reactors. In…