Play Hard Work Hard Morning Show powered by The Crude Life Episode 127
Hour One Play Hard: Jason Spiess and Sterling wonder if Water Pipeline Sniffing Dogs Exist, New Resume Titles, Bakken’s Boondoggle, Permian’s Power, Colorado’s Conundrum, ESG, EPA, USA, NFL and WTF
Hour Two Work Hard: North Dakota Agriculture Director Doug Goehring; and Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance
The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Curtis Shuck, Chairman of the Board, Well Done Foundation
source: tradingeconomics.com
HOUR ONE PLAY HARD: Jason Spiess and Sterling catch up on the weekend, talk Fantasy Football rules, sustainable solutions, social media changes, and run down a few new resume titles as the transitional economy takes hold.
- Singer Songreader
- IBS Friendly
- Unaccredited Acting Coach
- Gout Survivor
The two also discuss how the asbestos regulation evolution and Nancy Pelosi’s husband’s’ recent Tech Stock news are examples of ESG.
Best of the West RibFest Watford City and The Industrial Forest updates are given as well.
In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview: North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
ND Agriculture Commissioner and Industrial Commission member Doug Goehring just landed this week from a successful mission in Qatar and Turkey.
The mission was intended to build relationships with Qatar and Turkey that started during the pandemic to create a lasting footprint for the future.
“North Dakota is experiencing growing opportunities in multiple sectors,” says Commissioner Goehring. “It is a privilege to emphasize all North Dakota has to offer the global marketplace.”
While in Turkey, connections were made with theMinistry of Trade, Office of the Turkish Commercial Attaché of Energy, T.C. Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanlığı | Republic Of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Technology, and Ministry of Trade, Turkey.
Other prominent business meetings were held with energy, agriculture, and technology leaders. Both ND and Turkish businesses shared ideas on how to best partner for the future on a variety of projects.
Meetings with government officials from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey, Free Trade Zones Authority, Qatar Investment Authority, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Qatar, and Qatar Stock Exchange. Qatari business people with agriculture, energy, and technology expertise welcomed the ND delegation throughout the week of meetings.
The meetings focused on the exciting things happening in the state across several industries, as well as the many opportunities for partnership that will increase synergy between ND and Qatar.
Long active in farm organizations, Commissioner Goehring has served as vice president of the NORTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAUand is a member of the NORTH DAKOTA STOCKMEN’S ASSOCIATION, the NORTH DAKOTA GRAIN GROWERS ASSOC, the North Dakota Soybean Growers Association, the North Dakota Corn Growers Associationand theNACD (National Association of Corporate Directors). An early supporter of agriculture-based, renewable fuels, he is an investor in the RED TRAIL ENERGY LLC-MEMB UN Ethanol Plant at Richardton.
In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview: Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance
Kathleen Sgamma, president ofWestern Energy Alliance, which represents 200 companies engaged in all aspects of environmentally responsible exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the West.
It’s time for President Joe Biden’s Interior Department to start giving some answers to the American people about its policies governing nearly one-quarter of our energy economy. This week provides the perfect opportunity as Interior Secretary Deb Haaland plans a visit to Denver and Grand Junction.
In January, right after taking office, the president issued a ban on new oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands and waters and ordered the Interior Department to conduct a full review of the program.
Western Energy Alliance immediately filed a lawsuit seeking to halt this unlawful ban.
Shortly thereafter, 13 state attorneys general filed a similar lawsuit in Louisiana. Last month, the federal judge, in that case, granted a preliminary injunction that overturned the ban nationwide.
Despite the Interior Department stating it would comply with the ruling, more than a month has passed and the agency has yet to announce when it will resume quarterly lease sales on non-park, non-wilderness public lands in Colorado and across the West.
The Interior Department has also not released its plans for conducting the full review of the federal oil and natural gas program ordered by the president back in January. Regardless of Haaland stating in May that a report would come in “early summer,” nothing has been released.
Hardworking oil and natural gas workers in Colorado and across the country deserve to know when lease sales will resume and when the Interior Department’s report will be released. The ongoing delay is creating a cloud of uncertainty over their jobs and the communities that rely on revenues from responsible energy development.
The industry in Colorado generates $13.5 billion for the state’s economy, supports more than 80,000 jobs, and generates $1 billion a year in tax revenues. On the West Slope, where most of the state’s federal lands are located, oil and natural gas companies generated $133 million in tax revenue in 2019.
That’s real money, real jobs, and real support for critical public services like education, public safety, and infrastructure.
Moreover, even as the Biden administration has been unable to articulate its plans for federal oil and natural gas, it spent the past month urging Russia and OPEC to ramp up production to alleviate high gasoline prices. The administration is literally encouraging foreign imports while discouraging American production.
These policies don’t reduce our need for energy but do enrich other countries at the expense of American workers and consumers.
Secretary Haaland’s visit to Colorado is the perfect time to press the Biden administration to reverse course on these disastrous energy policies. Western Energy Alliance calls on her to finally release the report on federal lands leasing and development so that the American people know exactly what the plans are.
Op/Ed first appeared in The Denver Post.
The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio on the Podcast: Curtis Shuck, Chairman of the Board, Well Done Foundation
Curtis Shuck talks about the education and awareness component of Abandoned Wells.
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