PIPELINES: With the Atlantic Coast Pipeline canceled, Virginia landowners want to scrub easements from their property records. (Energy News Network)
ALSO: A coalition of Southeast environmental groups sue the Trump administration over its revamping of the National Environmental Policy Act to fast-track pipeline projects. (Reuters)
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EMISSIONS: Chattanooga, Tennessee, cut carbon emissions by about 25% in the past decade even as the population and economy grew, according to a study by an environmental group. (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
OIL & GAS:
• President Trump at an event in Texas announces an extension for liquified natural gas exporters and two permits allowing oil exports to Mexico. (Texas Tribune)
• A natural gas storage facility outside Houston explodes after a contractor struck an underground pipeline. (Houston Chronicle)
NUCLEAR: Several workers at a Florida nuclear power plant are fired for not completing a safety inspection of a critical piece of equipment and then falsifying records. (Sun Sentinel)
SOLAR:
• A West Virginia renewable advocate and state representative candidate promote solar energy’s future in the eastern panhandle. (Local DVM)
• An energy developer announces four solar projects with Arkansas municipal governments to help power county operations. (Renewables Now)
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COAL ASH: A group of 45 Georgia residents file a lawsuit claiming Georgia Power has unlawfully released, discharged and deposited coal ash into their community’s drinking water source. (GPB)
UTILITIES: Nearly 600,000 electric customers in Florida are behind in monthly payments since the coronavirus pandemic began. (News Service of Florida)