INTERIOR SECRETARY DOUG BURGUM

Burgum touts AI data centers, calls Iran war ‘gift to the world’ in speech to oil industry

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks during the 2026 Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum praised artificial intelligence, energy dominance and oil industry innovation in a winding speech to the oil and gas industry in Bismarck on Thursday. While Burgum’s speech focused…

Army Corps grants final approval for Dakota Access Pipeline, 9 years after oil began flowing

Lake Oahe just outside of Fort Yates on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Reservation is pictured on October 9, 2024. The Dakota Access Pipeline crosses underneath the reservoir just north of the reservation. (Photo Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A federal agency officially granted the Dakota Access Pipeline a permit to cross under the Missouri River’s…

Work to lower fertilizer prices includes made in N.D. products

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is outlining work to lower fertilizer prices for the nation’s farmers. She was joined by Sen. John Hoeven, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and others. They highlighted both long and short-term efforts to help lower fertilizer costs and support the nation’s producers. Hoeven talked about Dakota Gasification Company’s production of fertilizers in North…

Interior Secretary Burgum defends Trump Administration’s approach to energy

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR/NORTH DAKOTA MONITOR) — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is defending the Trump administration’s approach to energy production. He appeared before a U.S. House Appropriations panel on the administration’s $16 billion budget request for the Interior Department for the next fiscal year. Democrats accused the department of being submissive to oil and gas interests at the expense of renewable…

NDSU Bison Football Celebrated at The White House By President Trump

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — President Trump welcomes FCS National Champions NDSU Bison Football to The White House. This video posted to X by Margo Martin, Special Assistant to the President. The president was presented a No. 47 Bison jersey by head football coach Tim Polasek. “Trump” was written on the back. Wide receiver Braylon Henderson presented the president with a…

Burgum orders review of national monument boundaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created under previous presidents to protect unique landscapes and cultural resources. The review — laid out in a Monday order from new Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — is raising alarms among conservation groups…