California continues electric truck push despite Trump

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TRANSPORTATION

• Terawatt Infrastructure and Greenlane open electric truck charging stations in southern California, boosting e-freight economics in defiance of Trump administration hostility. (Canary Media)

• Los Angeles officials worry the Trump administration may withhold $3.2 billion in federal funds aimed at helping the city make the 2028 summer Olympic games car-free. (Deseret News)

CLEAN ENERGY

• Energy-intensive Alaska gold mines push Golden Valley Electric Association to invest in renewable energy in an effort to reduce the operations’ carbon emissions. (Northern Journal)

FOSSIL FUELS

• Data show oil and gas facilities in the San Juan and Permian Basins in New Mexico experienced 330 produced water, crude oil, and condensate spills during the first three months of 2025. (news release)

• The federal Bureau of Land Management approves the proposed Park Mountain natural gas pipeline in Utah’s Uintah Basin. (news release)

• Federal lawmakers from Western states introduce legislation that ban new oil and gas leasing and drilling along the Coastal Plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (news release)

• The federal Bureau of Land Management looks to lease 7,500 acres for oil and gas development in the Permian Basin. (Artesia News)

NUCLEAR

• Wyoming looks to lead a predicted nuclear energy and uranium production resurgence by hosting new reactors, manufacturers and reopening idled mines. (Inside Climate News)

• State regulators allow spent reactor fuel to be shipped to the Idaho National Laboratory for research even though a lawsuit settlement bans radioactive waste disposal in the state. (East Idaho News)

• Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho agree to cooperate on developing nuclear infrastructure and advocating for ​“commonsense federal policies.” (Idaho Capital Sun)

EFFICIENCY

• Nonprofit Alaska Heat Smart plans to launch a rebate program for electric heat pump purchases, with higher incentives going to lower-income households. (KTOO)

• The Trump administration’s DOGE slashes $1 million in federal funding for a Montana county’s home energy efficiency program. (Douglas Budget)

GRID

• Hawaiian Electric begins developing a strategy for undergrounding utility lines in wildfire-prone communities. (Hawaii Public Radio)

• An Oregon fire expert challenges a state agency’s report finding PacifiCorp utility lines did not spark a 2020 blaze, calling the conclusion ​“pretty wild.” (Willamette Week)

HYDROGEN

• California advocates push back on Southern California Gas Company’s plans to blend hydrogen into an existing natural gas supply at a university, saying it is unsafe. (Voice of OC)

UTILITIES

• Tucson Electric Power says the city of Tucson’s study finding that forming a public power utility would be financially feasible is ​“profoundly flawed” and relies on unrealistic cost estimates. (Tucson Sentinel)

ELECTRIFICATION

• California climate advocates look to persuade but not force residents to rebuild homes lost in the Los Angeles-area fires with electric rather than natural gas appliances. (NPR)