CLIMATE: The nonprofit Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions in Fairfax County, Virginia, has 75 congregations and faith communities that are a growing force for climate and environmental advocacy. (Energy News Network)
RENEWABLES:
• Texas is increasingly moving away from natural gas — which supplies about half the state’s generation capacity — and toward wind, solar and battery storage, according to the state’s grid manager. (Houston Chronicle)
• An environmental group will host a town hall tonight in Savannah, Georgia, about the benefits of the city adopting a resolution to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2030. (Augusta Chronicle)
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SOLAR:
• A bill that would allow Virginia residents, schools and nonprofits to more easily access solar energy outside of monopoly utilities passes the Senate. (Capital News Service)
• Solar advocates and consumers ask North Carolina regulators to investigate what happened when Duke Energy’s online system for solar rebates crashed after opening in January. (WFAE)
PIPELINES:
• Dominion Energy’s CEO says he expects the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to be completed by the end of 2021, despite legal challenges putting it on hold. (WV News)
• A natural gas line in Corpus Christi, Texas, explodes, temporarily halting production at nearby port facilities. (Houston Chronicle)
• Opponents of the Permian Highway Pipeline in Texas vow to keep fighting despite a judge denying their request to stop construction. (Houston Chronicle)
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COAL ASH:
• Anderson County, Tennessee, officials will hold a hearing today about a potential TVA coal ash landfill. (Columbia Daily Herald)
• North Carolina environmental regulators will hold a public hearing next week about Duke Energy’s plan to excavate coal ash at a power station. (Salisbury Post)
• Juliette, Georgia, residents worried about coal ash contamination from a nearby power plant rally behind two bills that would more strictly regulate coal ash disposal. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
COAL: An Australian coal company lays off some employees of a western Kentucky coal mine. (WKU Public Radio)