LITHIUM: Reno-Sparks Indian Colony leaders say they won’t appeal a judge’s rejection of their claim that the Thacker Pass lithium mine violates federal policy and will instead work to reform the General Mining Law of 1872. (Nevada Current)
CLIMATE: Climate change is a major topic at the annual White House Tribal Nations Summit, as the Biden administration announces new agreements to work with tribes on land and water management. (ICT News, Associated Press)
OIL & GAS:
- An Oregon county urges state regulators to deny an air quality permit that would allow a company to continue storing crude oil at its Portland terminal. (Oregonian)
- A federal appeals court rejects developers’ bid to rehear a proposed Utah oil railway case, sending the project back to the drawing board. (Vail Daily)
- The federal Bureau of Land Management seeks public input on proposed restrictions on oil and gas development in wildlife corridors and big game habitat in Colorado. (Grand Junction Sentinel)
- An abandoned oil well in northwestern Colorado spews a stinky, yellowish substance after a plug installed in 1993 fails. (9 News)
- Republican U.S. lawmakers advance a bill that would block a proposed rule raising minimum reclamation bonds for oil and gas operations on federal land. (Common Dreams)
ELECTRIFICATION: Mexican restaurants in California consider bucking tradition by switching from gas to electric stoves for health and environmental reasons. (Sacramento Bee)
SOLAR: A new southern California sports arena plans to install a 797 kW solar array with large-scale battery storage. (Solar Power World)
WIND: A Washington utility proposes a 248 MW wind facility in Montana to replace some of the generation lost when it exits a coal plant in 2025. (Seattle Times)
CARBON CAPTURE: Environmentalists push back on a proposal to bury captured carbon dioxide under U.S. Forest Service lands, saying it could be unsafe and perpetuates fossil fuel burning. (Floodlight)
TRANSPORTATION:
- Colorado Gov. Jared Polis calls for more funding — and major reforms — for public transportation agencies, along with affordable transit-oriented housing development. (CPR)
- A proposed passenger rail line along Colorado’s urban Front Range receives $500,000 in federal funding. (KOAA)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Rural California school districts push back on state rules requiring new buses to be electric, saying the vehicles are impractical for their routes and terrain. (Los Angeles Times)
UTILITIES:
- Colorado regulators consider delaying a portion of Xcel Energy’s proposed generation and transmission buildout to mitigate impacts on customers’ utility bills. (Colorado Sun)
GRID:
- The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation and Portland General Electric launch a transmission line expansion project in Oregon. (KTVZ)
- Xcel Energy proposes bringing a 10-15 MW Colorado virtual power plant online in 2025, a year later than regulators requested. (Utility Dive)
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