Bismarck Tribune: If North Dakota expects carbon-based energy to continue to drive the state’s economy, it needs to be aggressive in dealing with the national political and legal agendas of environmental groups. Along those lines, the North Dakota Industrial Commission made the right move in January when it gave Blaise Energy $375,000 in state research funds to figure out how to make better use of excess natural gas that surfaces in the drilling process. The obvious waste of energy in the flaring off …