A rural clean energy win

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POLITICS

• The House Budget Committee advances Republicans’ tax, energy, and border security bill late Sunday, and despite some GOP support for preserving clean energy tax credits, key Republican Congress members are pushing for deeper cuts to the incentives. (E&E News)

• President Trump is routinely ordering federal agencies to stop enforcing rules he doesn’t like, including pipeline safety regulations and appliance efficiency standards. (Washington Post)

• The U.S. EPA’s ongoing funding freeze is holding up critical clean energy and power reliability projects across the country. (New York Times)

TRANSITION

• Virginia and federal officials have spent tens of millions of dollars supporting projects like a casino, retail cannabis, and data centers to replace lost coal jobs, but most don’t pay anywhere close to what the coal industry did — and Trump’s orders to boost the coal industry can’t restore it to what it was. (New York Times)

GRID

• A new report finds community opposition has blocked or delayed $64 billion in U.S. data center development, including $900 million in blocks and $45.8 billion in delays in Virginia alone. (Inside Climate News)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Hyundai’s massive Georgia electric vehicle and battery plant seems likely to become a major hub for EV and robotics manufacturing as the company announces its U.S. investment will total $21 billion investment. (WAGA)

OFFSHORE WIND

• Legal observers say it’s surprising Equinor hasn’t challenged the Trump administration’s order to stop Empire Wind construction in court yet, but say the ordeal will likely deter any future offshore wind development in the U.S. (E&E News)

SOLAR

• Korean solar company Hanwha Qcells, which has a large factory in Georgia, announces a stability milestone in its efforts to combine traditional silicon photovoltaic technology with perovskite to increase efficiency. (Utility Dive)

FOSSIL FUELS

• As President Trump pushes for the construction of a natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania into New York, northeastern governors weigh the impact the project could have on their states’ energy prices and climate goals. (Boston Globe)

• Indigenous tribes keep up pressure to stop plans for an underground tunnel for Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac as the Trump administration looks to fast track the project. (Chicago Tribune)

NUCLEAR

• California startup Oklo hopes the Trump administration’s industry-friendly policies will speed up federal licensing for its advanced nuclear reactor. (Utility Dive)

CLIMATE

• A growing number of states pursue ​“climate Superfund” laws that would require major oil and gas companies to pay for climate-related disaster and adaptation costs based on their share of global greenhouse gases. (Grist)

COMMENTARY

• After a visit to the Palo Verde nuclear plant in Arizona, California columnist Sammy Roth concludes the power source is neither an apocalyptic threat, nor the solution to humanity’s energy woes. (Los Angeles Times)