OIL & GAS: Four environmental groups appeal an Ohio judge’s order that declined to review state regulators’ decisions to allow oil and gas drilling in a state park and wildlife areas. (Energy News Network)
GRID:
- A federal judge approves conservation groups’ request to temporarily block a land swap that would allow a contested transmission line to cross a Mississippi River wildlife refuge. (Wisconsin Public Radio)
- A transmission proposal left out of grid operator MISO’s latest portfolio of future projects calls for a submarine cable across Lake Michigan connecting western Michigan with eastern Wisconsin. (Crain’s Grand Rapids)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Detroit automakers face a “very big balancing act” in the coming months and years as they attempt to match electric vehicle investments with anticipated consumer demand. (Bridge)
PIPELINES:
- An influential Iowa agriculture group calls on state regulators to pause consideration of a proposed carbon pipeline after the developer announced a potential 50% expansion of the project. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
- North Dakota regulators schedule a series of public hearings over the coming months on Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposal. (North Dakota Monitor)
RENEWABLES: A central Indiana county mulls a two-year moratorium on large wind and solar projects as local officials update a master plan and developers eye utility-scale projects there. (Indianapolis Business Journal)
EMISSIONS: The U.S. Department of Energy announces $6 billion in funding to slash emissions from the industrial sector, including electrifying food production facilities in Michigan. (Associated Press)
UTILITIES: CenterPoint Energy files a request with Indiana regulators that could increase average customer bills by $90 a month to pay for infrastructure upgrades and clean energy projects. (Indianapolis Star)
NUCLEAR: A recent study commissioned by Michigan regulators highlights the emissions benefits of building new nuclear power plants as well as disadvantages of high upfront costs and the lack of a national strategy for storing spent waste. (Power Engineering)
SOLAR: The Ohio Farm Bureau and a county seek to intervene in state regulators’ review of a proposed 68 MW solar project north of Columbus. (Marion Star)
CLIMATE: Climate change adaptation experts say Rust Belt towns in the Midwest should prepare for an influx of new residents in the coming decades. (The Atlantic)
COMMENTARY:
- Nebraska’s former longtime director of agriculture says pairing carbon capture and storage with ethanol production presents new emerging markets for corn growers. (World-Herald)
- Minnesota business and labor leaders say proposed permitting reforms for renewable energy and transmission projects should be expanded to include a variety of industries. (Star Tribune)
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