STORAGE: Korean battery maker LG commits to building factories, including in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Tennessee, that would increase its U.S. production capacity by a factor of more than 55 by 2027. (Canary Media)

ALSO: Texas officials eye large-scale batteries as a way to harness wind and solar energy and stabilize the state power grid amid triple-digit temperatures and overstressed power plants and transmission lines. (Washington Post)

SOLAR: The U.S. added nearly 4,500 MW of new natural gas-fired generation in the first four months of 2023, but federal regulators predict solar power will dominate new generation over the next few years. (Utility Dive)

EMISSIONS: The global shipping industry could cut its emissions in half by 2030 without damaging trade by establishing a carbon levy that encourages investments in emissions-reducing technologies, new research finds. (Guardian)

OIL & GAS:
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards the Mountain Valley Pipeline a long-elusive permit to cross hundreds of waterways, as required by a provision in legislation to raise the debt ceiling. (Roanoke Times; Wall Street Journal, subscription)
• An analysis finds dozens of serious oil field violations in a southern California county remain unresolved years after regulators cited the operators. 
(Bakersfield Californian) 

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:
• Conservative media and politicians have stoked so much anti-China rhetoric against a proposed $2.36 billion electric vehicle battery plant in western Michigan that some wonder if community divisions can ever be repaired.  (Michigan Advance)
• Hyundai raises its goal for annual sales of electric vehicles to account for a third of all sales by 2030 as it builds an EV factory in Georgia. (Bloomberg)

CLIMATE:
• An Iowa meteorologist leaves his job after receiving death threats for explaining to viewers the links between weather and climate change. (Guardian)
• Researchers find federal flooding estimates haven’t kept up with climate change, threatening $1.3 trillion in infrastructure projects recently authorized under the bipartisan infrastructure package. (The Hill)

GRID: The Texas Supreme Court rules that sovereign immunity protects the state grid operator from lawsuits over the 2021 winter storm that killed hundreds of people. (KUT)

EFFICIENCY: Virginia nonprofits seek to diversify funding for weatherization projects as Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s push to withdraw from a regional carbon market endangers state funding for energy efficiency. (Energy News Network)

WIND: As economic headwinds threaten the viability of two offshore Massachusetts wind farms, observers question how long it will take until the industry sees its predicted success. (Boston Globe)

HYDROGEN: A Colorado college partners with federal researchers and energy companies to search for and develop ways to extract geologic hydrogen. (Forbes)

CARBON CAPTURE: Farmers say improved soil management practices can make crop land act as a carbon sink and avoid the need for carbon capture pipelines. (South Dakota Searchlight)

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Kathryn brings her extensive editorial background to the Energy News Network team, where she oversees the early-morning production of ENN’s five email digest newsletters as well as distribution of ENN’s original journalism with other media outlets. From documenting chronic illness’ effect on college students to following the inner workings of Congress, Kathryn has built a broad experience in her more than five years working at major publications including The Week Magazine. Kathryn holds a Bachelor of Science in magazine journalism and information management and technology from Syracuse University.