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John Hoeven: “North Dakota [has] a lighter touch [regarding regulations]…”

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Published November 11, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:04:53

And I will tell you a place that has the regulatory touch about right, and that's North Dakota [has] a lighter touch [regarding regulations]. It's more common sense. We're not perfect, but I'd sure like to see the federal government a lot more like us. Senator, last question, and thanks so much for taking the time to talk with us today. (1:04:53–1:24:42)

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Asserts that North Dakota has a more sensible regulatory approach compared to the federal government.

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“The Dakota Access Pipeline is moving almost 800,000 barrels of light sweet crude from North Dakota.”
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“If we weren't moving [oil] by that pipeline, it would take over 1,000 rail cars a day.”
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“When DGC comes online and we think that's going to be next year with their project, it will be the largest carbon capture project in the…”
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“This will be the first coal-fired electric plant in the world to [reduce CO2] on a commercially viable, successful basis.”
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“The Dakota Access Pipeline has been operating safely for three years.”
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“It adds about $10 a barrel cost [to transport oil by rail instead of pipeline].”
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“It would cost us like $3 billion to move [agricultural products] in additional cost if [railways were clogged].”
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“We're leading the nation in [carbon capture and storage].”
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“This country needs baseload in our grid for stability.”
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“They should be working on a voluntary basis with landowners.”
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“Project Tundra...you're talking a project that's well north of a billion dollars.”
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“Red Trail Energy, which is an ethanol plant by Richardson, is already sequestering CO2 off an ethanol plant and they built a pipeline.”
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“We work with them and the Department of Energy.”
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“Our grid is becoming unstable.”
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“There is too much regulation and it's not common sense.”
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“We end up importing oil from OPEC or in some cases even Russia.”
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“Nobody has the environmental track record of the United States.”
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“The federal government's gone way overboard with this regulatory stuff.”
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“The Built Young power plant [is] a very efficient, environmentally sound, cost-effective provider of baseload electricity.”
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“It's important to our country, not only in terms of the energy it provides, but for the great jobs and economic activity it provides.”
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