Community solar’s surprising fans

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents GM, Toyota, and other top automakers, urges Congress to block California’s plan to bar sales of gasoline-powered cars by 2035. (Reuters)

• Electric vehicle lobbyists push Republican Congress members to strike EV and hybrid vehicle taxes meant to account for gas tax shortfalls from their budget package. (E&E News)

• Tesla says volume production of its electric semi-truck is on track to begin in 2026, following years of delays. (Electrek)

CLIMATE

• The Trump administration dismisses every scientist working on the forthcoming National Climate Assessment. (E&E News)

• Federal efforts to stop state-level climate policies will have a hard time succeeding thanks to a decades-long legacy of local climate action. (Grist)

POLITICS

• Canada’s newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney didn’t mention climate much during his campaign, but has a history of leading climate-friendly investment efforts. (Bloomberg)

GRID

• Power has been restored to nearly all customers following widespread blackouts across Spain and Portugal, the cause of which remains unknown. (Associated Press)

TRANSMISSION

• A coalition of nine northeastern states introduces a strategic action plan for cooperation in the development of new transmission infrastructure across three different grid planning regions. (RTO Insider, Mass.gov)

FOSSIL FUELS

• Australian energy company Woodside announces it’ll invest $18 billion to develop an LNG export terminal in Louisiana. (The Guardian)

• A group of northeastern utilities ask federal regulators to improve gas pipeline reliability by taking steps such as requiring annual reliability reports and requiring pipeline owners to reconsider closing pipelines that might still provide value as redundant facilities. (Utility Dive)

BIOFUELS

• The EPA says it will allow year-round sales of higher ethanol gasoline blends, following President Trump’s order telling the agency to consider the move. (The Hill)