CLIMATE:
• A new report ranks states according to their preparedness for climate change. (International Business Times)
• A study of six cities finds politicization of climate science is holding back adaptation efforts. (ClimateWire)
• A report finds decarbonizing the U.S. economy would result in a net creation of 2 million jobs. (InsideClimate News)
POLITICS:
• A House panel approves a bill to block EPA carbon limits. (The Hill)
• House Republicans hold hearings to undermine Paris climate negotiations. (The Hill)
CLEAN POWER PLAN: Officials representing the electric co-op industry say the plan does not address concerns that they will be hit harder than other suppliers. (Transmission & Distribution World)
SOLAR:
• Massachusetts lawmakers fail to reach a compromise on net metering. (MassLive)
• A “bizarre confluence of contradictory events” causes solar stocks to plummet. (Greentech Media)
• The University of California Davis this week will complete a 16 MW solar array that will provide 14 percent of the electricity used on campus. (Sacramento Business Journal)
• A poll finds 97 percent of Hawaiians support expanding rooftop solar. (Pacific Business News)
• How a community solar project took shape in Vermont. (Burlington Free Press)
UTILITIES:
• San Antonio’s municipal utility is recruiting data centers to the city. (San Antonio Business Journal)
• Southern Co. becomes the first investment-grade utility in the U.S. to offer “green bonds” for renewable energy projects. (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
KEYSTONE XL: Despite withdrawing its application in Nebraska, developers of Keystone XL say the company is still committed to completing the project. (Associated Press)
NATURAL GAS:
• A study commissioned by the Massachusetts attorney general’s office finds New England doesn’t need more natural gas pipeline. (Bloomberg)
• Despite low solar prices, an analysis recommends a Texas utility build a natural gas plant. (Austin Statesman)
• California regulators issue an emergency order requiring a utility to come up with a plan to address a natural gas storage facility that has been leaking for nearly a month. (Associated Press)
FRACKING:
• Drilling opponents fall far short of the signatures needed for a ballot measure to ban fracking in Michigan. (Detroit Free Press)
• Wastewater spills go untracked in Texas, leaving pollution impacts unknown. (EnergyWire)
STORAGE:
• A study finds energy storage is starting to compete with conventional generating sources on price. (Greentech Media)
• A former coal plant in Ohio is being upgraded with 2 megawatts of battery storage capability, helping manage the flow of electricity on PJM’s grid. (Bloomberg Business)
NUCLEAR:
• Wisconsin lawmakers consider lifting the state’s moratorium on new nuclear plants. (Wisconsin Public Radio)
• Cheap natural gas could be the biggest obstacle to new nuclear power in Texas. (San Antonio Business Journal)
BIOENERGY: Toyota will begin powering a Kentucky plant on landfill gas later this month. (Biomass Magazine)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: The U.S. Department of Transportation announces it will install 500 electric-vehicle charging stations at its buildings nationwide. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
COMMENTARY: How climate denial doomed the coal industry. (Forbes)