NUCLEAR: Federal regulators announce they will extend the operating license for the Seabrook nuclear plant in New Hampshire through 2050. (Boston Globe)
ALSO: An activist group will challenge the federal license renewal for the Peach Bottom plant in Pennsylvania later this month. (York Dispatch)
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POLICY: Maryland legislators believe there is strong support to increase the state’s renewable energy standard to 50 percent by 2030. (Baltimore Sun)
NEW JERSEY: Gov. Phil Murphy vows to end the practice of diverting funds from the state’s clean energy and housing funds to other purposes. (NJ Spotlight)
SOLAR:
• Maine officials will begin the review of the lone bid received to install solar panels at the governor’s mansion. (Associated Press)
• Binghamton, New York plans to join a state program providing free community solar subscriptions to low-income people. (WBNG)
WIND: Offshore wind development could be a boon for a Hudson River port. (Albany Business Review, subscription)
TRANSMISSION:
• Residents of a Maine town vote to rescind a letter by city officials supporting the Clean Energy Connect project. (Sun Journal)
• Opponents seek a rehearing of New Hampshire regulators’ approval of a 13-mile transmission line. (InDepthNH)
COAL: Eversource denies allegations that a New Hampshire coal plant is in violation of the Clean Water Act. (Associated Press)
PIPELINES:
• A Pennsylvania county’s investigation of the Mariner East 2 pipeline now includes a grand jury, according to a newspaper editor who was called as a potential juror. (StateImpact Pennsylvania, Delaware County Daily Times)
• Pennsylvania regulators fine a pipeline firm $1.5 million for pollution and construction violations. (Kallanish Energy)
HYDROPOWER: Regulators and lawmakers raise questions about the Conowingo Dam’s impact on pollution in Chesapeake Bay. (Dorchester Star)
GRID: A New England health care provider plans to purchase 4.1 MW worth of fuel cells to improve reliability at hospitals and other facilities. (Microgrid Knowledge)
BIOMASS: Officials in a Maine town where a biomass plant is closing are still hopeful for the industry’s future. (Fiddlehead Focus)
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ACTIVISM:
• Lawmakers and activists demand New York take more aggressive steps to address climate change. (Legislative Gazette)
• A group backed by a former Home Depot executive targets Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal with a billboard campaign in New York City. (Reuters)
COMMENTARY:
• A Baltimore Sun editorial calls for more urgent action on climate change: “climate change is already late in the fourth quarter, and the home team is behind.”
• An environmental activist notes the impacts of uranium mining in arguing that Pennsylvania should not prop up nuclear power. (Delaware County Daily Times)