SOLAR: Dominion Virginia Power and Gov. Terry McAuliffe announce a 20 MW solar project with Microsoft offsetting some of the costs. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

FRACKING:
• Kentucky’s attorney general launches an investigation into illegal dumping of radioactive fracking waste from out of state. (Louisville Courier-Journal)
• A Florida county on the Atlantic coast bans fracking. (Florida Today)

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CLIMATE: The mayor of New Orleans urges a members of Louisiana’s coastal protection authority to deal more proactively with rising sea levels. (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

OIL & GAS:
• Louisiana moves to intervene in 39 state court lawsuits filed by parishes over alleged damages to their wetlands. (Associated Press)
• BP’s chief economist tells LSU students “corrective forces” are in motion that will end the industry’s downturn. (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report)

COAL ASH:
• Duke Energy wants to build a landfill to dispose of coal ash at a power plant in North Carolina rather than ship it elsewhere. (WECT-TV)
• Residents near a coal ash disposal site in North Carolina contest the state’s labeling it “low-risk.” (Carolina Public Press)
• Two new documentaries urge actions to protect drinking water in North Carolina. (The Stokes News)

OFFSHORE DRILLING:
• Environmentalists call for tightening restrictions on exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. (InsideClimate)
• A North Carolina fisherman reflects on the magnitude of the White House decision to block oil exploration off the southern Atlantic coast. (Environmental Health News)
• The outlook is murky for legislation in Congress aimed at giving coastal states a share of oil revenues even after President Obama rejected it off the southern Atlantic coast. (E&E Daily)

WIND: A documentary captures how two women work to promote wind power instead of coal mining in Appalachia. (WKU Herald)

WASTE-TO-ENERGY: Duke Energy reportedly is close to agreeing on using swine waste from North Carolina farmers to generate electricity. (Charlotte Business Journal)

NUCLEAR:
• University of North Carolina researchers say they’ve found a way to make commercial nuclear waste safer. (Beaufort Observer)
• In winning contracts for reactor services at the TVA, Westinghouse says it will deliver “significant cost savings” and enhance safety. (Nuclear Street)

COMMENTARY:
• Dominion Virginia Power finds an expensive way to deploy solar while benefiting Microsoft, but not the public. (Power for the People VA)
• Why President Obama changed his mind about drilling off the southern Atlantic coast. (Vox)