OIL & GAS: Colorado lawmakers kill legislation that would have banned new oil and gas drilling beginning in 2030, after industry, regulators and local governments raised concerns about its economic impacts. (Colorado Sun)

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  • A New Mexico judge allows a petroleum industry group to intervene in an advocates’ lawsuit accusing state regulators of shirking their constitutional duty to protect residents from oil and gas-related pollution. (NM Political Report)
  • An Oregon auditor finds Zenith Energy violated lobbying rules by failing to disclose efforts to influence Portland officials prior to their approval of a land-use permit for the company’s oil terminal. (Oregonian)

ELECTRIFICATION: California startups develop software aimed at helping contractors and homeowners navigate electrification rebate and incentive paperwork. (Canary Media)

SOLAR: The U.S. Agriculture Department awards a Montana electric cooperative nearly $500,000 to help fund its third community solar project. (KPAX)

ENERGY STORAGE: A developer scales back the footprint and capacity of a proposed grid-scale battery energy storage facility in southern California, but some residents still oppose it. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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CARBON CAPTURE: 

  • Rocky Mountain Power moves forward with a state-mandated plan to study the feasibility of adding carbon capture equipment to one of its Wyoming coal plants. (WyoFile)
  • The U.S. Energy Department awards a Wyoming university and a California firm $4.6 million to advance a carbon capture pilot project at a 500 MW coal plant in the northern part of the state. (Cowboy State Daily)

CLIMATE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom prepares to defend the state’s climate policies against attacks from a potential second Trump administration. (Politico)

MINING: Environmental and Indigenous advocates step up opposition to a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon gearing up to begin production later this year. (Associated Press)

COMMENTARY: A New Mexico advocate supports the state’s efforts to find ways to safely reuse oil and gas wastewater, but says there are too many uncertainties to use it for agriculture or other non-oilfield purposes. (Tri-City Record)

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Jonathan hails from southwestern Colorado and has been writing about the land, cultures, and communities of the Western United States for more than two decades. He compiles the Western Energy News digest. He is the author of three books, a contributing editor at High Country News, and the editor of the Land Desk, an e-newsletter that provides coverage and context on issues critical to the West.