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Counting trucks, demanding change

By Andy Balaskovitz

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TRANSPORTATION: A Chicago environmental justice organization is using cameras and software to count heavy-duty truck traffic to bolster its demands for electric vehicles and limiting diesel emission pollution. (Energy News Network)

GRID:

  • A Michigan bill proposing tax incentives to lure data centers to the state is on hold for now, as critics successfully halt a plan they say would drive up power demand and jeopardize the state’s climate goals. (Planet Detroit)
  • The Grain Belt Express transmission line developer seeks regulatory approval for a 62-mile portion of the project in western Kansas. (KSN)

SOLAR: Michigan is the latest state to pass legislation prohibiting homeowners associations from blocking members’ rooftop solar installations. (Canary Media)

UTILITIES: Xcel Energy agrees to a smaller than requested gas rate increase in Minnesota as the company seeks additional revenue to pay for transmission and distribution upgrades. (Star Tribune)

EMISSIONS: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Chevron decision could jeopardize Michigan’s ability to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and vehicles, advocates say. (Planet Detroit)

PIPELINES:

  • The Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline developer seeks to hold public meetings this summer on plans to expand the project in Iowa. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
  • Enbridge asks a federal judge to speed up the review process of motions in a lawsuit aiming to shut down the Line 5 pipeline in Michigan. (Law 360, subscription)

CLIMATE: A Kansas City suburb plans to develop a community-wide climate action plan that aims for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. (Johnson County Post)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: An electric vehicle car-sharing program in Detroit improves transportation options in the city, backers say. (WXYZ)

NUCLEAR: Purdue University receives a $6 million federal grant to lead a group of universities pushing for improved nuclear energy research and instruction. (Inside Indiana Business)

COMMENTARY: A Wisconsin environmental advocate says We Energies’ plan to build two new natural gas plants represents a setback to the state’s clean energy goals. (Wisconsin Examiner)

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