EMISSIONS: Louisiana’s governor announces plans to address sea level rise by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry, though he emphasized doing it in an industry-friendly way. (NOLA.com)
ALSO: Entergy emphasizes its plan to reduce emissions among utilities in the Southeast by promoting renewables and electrification. (Utility Dive)
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WIND:
• Oklahoma regulators agree to a plan that allows a utility to recover costs of adding 675 MW of wind power with no rate increase for customers. (KFOR)
• The port in Brownsville, Texas, wants to be a leading importer of wind turbine parts. (GreenBiz)
SOLAR:
• Developers complete solar projects at 10 schools in Richmond, Virginia. (NBC 12)
• Maker’s Mark bourbon distillery in Kentucky is now powering part of its operations with solar. (WDRB)
NUCLEAR: The Tennessee Valley Authority and Oak Ridge National Laboratory announce plans to study small modular reactor projects in Tennessee. (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
PIPELINES: West Virginia’s attorney general speaks out in support of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline ahead of next week’s Supreme Court arguments over a permit that stalled construction. (WV Metro News)
OIL & GAS:
• Democratic lawmakers propose a bill that would halt construction of new plastics plants for three years in parts of Appalachia and the Gulf Coast. (InsideClimate News)
• An energy company executive calls on investors to pull funding from companies that have rates of natural gas flaring. (Reuters)
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COAL ASH: A Georgia bill that would require owners of coal ash ponds to notify the public when those sites are drained passes a House committee. (GPB)
COMMENTARY:
• All the Democratic presidential candidates are serious about addressing climate change, but not about how they’ll block offshore drilling, a chamber of commerce leader says. (Post and Courier)
• Georgia needs to confront coal ash cleanup, which may mean more regulations and higher energy bills, an editorial board says. (Augusta Chronicle)
• Virginia has an opportunity to be a clean energy leader this year, a solar advocate says. (Roanoke Times)
• A journalist writes that the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline route runs through many news deserts, which has made it harder for citizens to take action or find information. (Columbia Journalism Review)