Published: Monday, May 17, 2021
Colonial pipeline tanks, President Biden, Transportation Security Administration badge. Credits: Drew Angerer/Getty Images (Colonial pipeline tanks); T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool/Getty Images (Biden); Joe Raedle/Getty Images (badge)
A cyberattack on the Colonial pipeline last week is raising numerous questions about whether the Biden administration and industry are protecting the nation s energy infrastructure. Drew Angerer/Getty Images (Colonial pipeline tanks); T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool/Getty Images (Biden); Joe Raedle/Getty Images (badge)
For years, cybersecurity experts, intelligence officials and lawmakers have warned about the high-stakes threat of a ransomware attack on U.S. critical infrastructure.
But it wasn t until this month s ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline Co. that the real-world impact became tangible. The cyberattack by the DarkSide ransomware gang forced the Georgia-based company to shut down its entire 5,500-mile pipeline system,
North Dakota Governor Sets Carbon-Neutral Goal by 2030
North Dakota, the nation’s second largest oil-producing state, will strive to become carbon-neutral by decade’s end, Gov. Doug Burgum said Wednesday.
At the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck, Burgum cited the global energy sustainability effort that North Dakota intends to join. He encouraged the oil and gas industry representatives in the audience to support the initiative.
Reiterating a slogan of “innovation, not regulation,” Burgum said North Dakota is facing a global challenge embodied in environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives.
“ESG has become a major topic for everyone, and if you’re a public company it doesn’t matter if you make software or produce oil and gas, this is a board room topic around the world. And if you’re a company trying to raise capital, I’m sure this topic has hit you head on, but this challenge also represents a great opportunity for North Dakota.”
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The announcement came at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck.
Burgum says the state could gain an advantage by storing carbon by creating an enhanced oil recovery plan with carbon.
Ron Ness, President of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, says the state’s economy is pretty tied to the gas and oil industry.
“I’m not sure what his directives are behind that but he thinks that our state could be in a competitive situation if we’re able to lead the world in these abilities to sequester coal and use it for enhanced oil recoveries to sequester carbon dioxide from ethanol plants and other facilities,” Ness said.
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