Communities weigh advantages, drawbacks of shifting coal ash

COAL ASH: As Midwest utilities suggest to depart coal ash in present, unlined ponds, Southeast utilities are displaying that it’s doable to maneuver massive quantities of the poisonous waste into safer, lined landfills. (Power Information Community/Chicago Investigative Undertaking)

OIL & GAS:
• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an government order Saturday quickly waiving some rules for transporting fuel and diesel after a fireplace final week shut down a northern Indiana refinery. (MLive)
• Illinois receives $25 million in federal funding that may assist remediate 600 to 800 deserted oil and fuel wells throughout the state. (FOX 2)

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SOLAR:
• Alliant Power finishes building on the primary of greater than 10 photo voltaic tasks deliberate throughout Wisconsin. (WKOW)
• Residents weigh in on a developer’s plan for a $250 million photo voltaic challenge in northwestern Indiana. (Chicago Tribune)
• After a number of makes an attempt, a College of Minnesota staff of scholars wins a solar-powered automobile problem. (Star Tribune)
• Evergy started work final week on three photo voltaic tasks for a Kansas electrical cooperative that may complete 3.4 MW in capability. (Day by day Power Insider)

BIOENERGY: Minnesota’s most populous county pursues a processing facility that will convert meals waste and different natural supplies into pure fuel as a part of a brand new local weather motion plan. (Star Tribune)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Rising materials prices and standards for brand spanking new federal incentives additional pressure automakers as they ramp up electrical automobile manufacturing. (CNBC)

WIND: Builders of the primary Nice Lakes offshore wind challenge have a “new lease on life” as they revamp the challenge after a positive ruling this month from the Ohio Supreme Courtroom. (Cleveland.com)

PIPELINES: A gaggle of South Dakota farmers who help the ethanol business object to carbon seize pipelines, saying they’d primarily profit personal corporations and shouldn’t be allowed to make use of eminent area. (Ag Week)

CLEAN ENERGY: Provisions within the Inflation Discount Act that make tax-exempt entities eligible for direct-pay refunds on clear power tax credit is an “absolute game-changer” for tribal governments, an advocate says. (Tribal Enterprise Information)

CLIMATE: The USDA will make investments $121 million into crucial infrastructure to deal with local weather change in rural U.S. communities, together with 13 tasks in Michigan. (Michigan Farm Information)

COMMENTARY:
• An Iowa editorial board urges county officers to approve plans for a pair of enormous photo voltaic tasks close to a former nuclear energy plant. (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
• An ongoing federal investigation into the dealings round Ohio’s HB 6 shouldn’t exclude state-level civil investigations into whether or not ratepayers had been penalized, an editorial board writes. (Cleveland.com)

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