CLEAN ENERGY: Maryland announces it has collected more than $1 billion over14 years of involvement in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which have been used for clean energy and efficiency projects. (news release)
ALSO:
• A clean energy consulting firm explains in a new report that western Pennsylvania could hit its climate targets if it transitions away from gas toward renewable energy and electrification. (Environmental Health News)
• A New Jersey utility partners with an educational nonprofit to train 3,200 people for new clean energy industry jobs. (news release)
OIL & GAS:
• Residents question why Pennsylvania officials ended a gas production moratorium in a northeastern town on the same day a large driller pleaded no contest to a criminal case regarding methane leaks in the same town. (Associated Press)
• A Maryland official says the state doesn’t plan to join California in ordering compliance with that state’s Advanced Clean Cars II regulation. (Maryland Matters)
• A new state report shows that Pennsylvania natural gas cost 94% more in the third quarter of 2022 than it did in the year-prior period, with less overall gas produced even with 42% more wells drilled. (State Impact Pennsylvania)
CLIMATE:
• A rare coldwater fish in Maine may see climate impacts as its predators’ hunting seasons are extended and local food webs are altered. (Maine Public Radio)
• Artists in a flood-prone Philadelphia neighborhood use water-activated art and decals to reveal poems and messages during rain storms about flood resilience and climate change. (Next City)
SOLAR:
• Some residents of a central Pennsylvania township say they were unaware of a 25 MW solar array being planned for their area and question the agricultural impacts. (WTAJ)
• Once built, a 4 MW solar farm slated for operation in fall 2023 will provide half the power that New York’s Niagara University needs. (Niagara Gazette)
• A Connecticut town installs solar panels on seven municipal buildings, projecting annual savings of over $100,000. (news release)
GRID:
• New Hampshire’s governor expresses renewed interest in developing the Northern Pass transmission line to bring Canadian hydropower across the border to help lower energy costs. (In-Depth NH, NHPR)
• More frequent, harsher storms hurt western Pennsylvania’s electrical grid, requiring modernization projects, explains a local utility representative. (CBS Pittsburgh)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES:
• New York’s automobile dealerships are fighting to maintain the regulatory status quo and prevent direct sales, a policy that hurts some electric car manufacturers’ ability to sell in the state. (Buffalo News)
• New York announces the installation of over a dozen new fast chargers between the state’s western cities and the mid-Hudson region. (news release)
• Electric vehicle drivers passing through New Jersey tell a local reporter that the state needs more accessible chargers that aren’t earmarked for specific models. (NJ Advance Media)
BUILDINGS: A carbon-capture startup installs a room-sized filtration and liquefaction system in a New York City apartment tower that it says catches 60% of the building’s gas emissions. (Canary Media)
BIOGAS: New Jersey legislators advance a bill that would support biogas and related infrastructure, as well as form a cost recovery mechanism in utilities’ rates, despite pushback from environmentalists. (RTO Insider, subscription)
TRANSIT: New Jersey municipalities will share millions in state grant funding to incentivize mass transit adoption. (Daily Record)
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