Good
morning! Nearly $200
million to clean up California
schools’ HVAC and plumbing systems
could soon disappear. The funds
were gathered via a small fee on
residents’ utility bills, and if
lawmakers don’t act soon, the
money will be sent back, Jeff St.
John reports.
Next up,
it’s been a year since Japan’s
Nippon Steel acquired U.S. Steel,
and Maria
Gallucci took stock of what
the deal has meant so far for the
industry’s clean transition. And
while the Trump administration has
made EVs a tougher sell over the
past year, plenty of states are
still making it easy to ditch your
gas car. I’ve got
a look at those EV-friendly
hot spots.
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CLEAN
ENERGY
- Trump
administration policies holding
back clean energy permitting are
putting 92 GW of projects at
risk, representing $121 billion
in investments, a new Wood
Mackenzie report finds. (Reuters)
POLLUTION
- A
federal court rejects the U.S.
EPA’s attempt to abandon a
Biden-era rule that aims to rein
in soot pollution from coal
plants and other industrial
sources. (The
Guardian)
ELECTRIFICATION
- Maryland’s
new energy policy overhaul means
it has plenty of state money to
spend on heat pump incentives,
even as the Trump administration
prohibits the use of federal
funds for switching from fossil
fuels to electric appliances for
heating and cooling. (WYPR)
OFFSHORE
WIND
- Norwegian
energy giant Equinor says it
will shut down its offshore wind
business in Japan by the end of
the year. (Reuters)
EMISSIONS
- Virginia
lawmakers adjust the state’s
two-year budget plan to return
45% of funds earned through its
membership in the Regional
Greenhouse Gas Initiative to
utility customers instead of
funneling the money entirely to
energy efficiency and flood
mitigation projects. (Virginia
Mercury)
COAL
- The
DOE renews its emergency order
keeping Colorado’s Comanche coal
plant online for another three
months. (Mining.com)
FINANCE
- Sustainability
advocates and investment
managers alike criticize the
Securities and Exchange
Commission’s proposal to end a
Biden-era regulation that
requires companies to disclose
their climate-related risks,
saying investors need that
information to make wise
decisions. (E&E
News)
NUCLEAR
- The
two oldest nuclear plants in the
U.S., both more than 50 years
old and both in upstate New
York, ask federal regulators for
permission to operate until
2049. (Syracuse.com)
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