PIPELINES: An industry official says it’s taking longer for pipeline projects to be approved and completed due to opposition from activists and landowners. (Greenwire)
ALSO:
• Iowa’s state archaeologist says the Dakota Access project should avoid a sacred tribal burial site, raising questions about whether the pipeline will need to be relocated in a portion of the state. (Des Moines Register)
• Iowa regulators may decide on a construction timeline for the project today. (WHO-TV)
• Authorities say 200 barrels of diesel spilled from a pipeline in Michigan after a farmer struck it with an excavator. (MLive)
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WIND: A Nebraska company is helping develop a new approach to wind energy at a grain silo in Minneapolis that would create electricity from wasted heat. (Midwest Energy News)
NUCLEAR:
• Exelon says two more nuclear plants — in Illinois and Pennsylvania — are next to be considered “economically challenged” in the utility’s fleet. (Quad-City Times)
• Exelon retirees join the fight to help keep Illinois nuclear plants open. (Quad-City Times)
• A single Missouri nuclear plant supplies 83 percent of the state’s carbon-free electricity. (ClimateWire)
OIL AND GAS: A panel of industry officials says natural gas is poised to make up a larger share of Wisconsin’s energy mix. (WisBusiness.com)
POLITICS: The main U.S. coal mining union gives a rare endorsement to a Republican Senate candidate, supporting the re-election bid of Rob Portman from Ohio. (The Hill)
COAL:
• Layoffs and site cleanup begin at a southern Michigan coal plant that recently went offline. (Coldwater Daily Reporter)
• Peabody Energy files suit in a St. Louis court over another company’s failure to close a $358 million acquisition deal for mines in Colorado and New Mexico. (St. Louis Business Journal)
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CLIMATE: Scientists are reconsidering ways to measure methane’s effect on climate change. (Climate Central)
COMMENTARY:
• Coal producers’ response to changing markets and technology has generally been defensive, rather than innovative. (Slate)
• There is room for compromise over legislative plans for electric choice in Michigan. (Detroit News)
• In the context of maintaining struggling nuclear plants, predicting the future of energy markets is often flawed. (Champaign News-Gazette)