“Golden share” gives Trump say in U.S. Steel’s future

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INDUSTRY

• As part of a deal paving the way for Japan’s Nippon Steel to acquire Pennsylvania’s U.S. Steel, the federal government will own a single ​“golden” share of the company that will give the president an extraordinary amount of influence over key decisions like moving U.S. Steel locations, transferring jobs out of the country, and closing or idling plants. (New York Times)

• Pollution from a U.S. Steel coke plant in southwestern Pennsylvania regularly causes asthma episodes that keep children from attending school, a new report finds. (Allegheny Front)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Environmental advocates in Maryland are disappointed that the state has not joined California and 10 other states in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of rules phasing out the sale of new gas-powered cars, even though Maryland has adopted those rules. (Maryland Matters)

• Connecticut developers have canceled or scaled way back on plans to build EV charging facilities because their original visions are not financially viable without the federal funding the Trump administration has frozen. (Hartford Business Journal)

OFFSHORE WIND

• Faced with President Trump’s contempt for ​“windmills,” many offshore wind companies choose to stay quiet about progress and successes in a strategy to avoid attracting the administration’s attention. (E&E News)

LEGISLATION

• New York state lawmakers pass a bill requiring the state to be transparent about its renewable energy developments by releasing three reports per year and creating an online dashboard to track its ongoing progress. (News10)

• The Massachusetts state legislature schedules a hearing on Gov. Maura Healey’s proposal to save consumers $10 billion with measures that include eliminating some bill fees, capping month-to-month bill increases, and reducing net metering rates for some new projects. (State House News Service)

TRANSPORTATION

• A New York state Supreme Court justice throws out a lawsuit challenging Gov. Kathy Hochul’s authority to institute congestion pricing in Manhattan. (Streetsblog)

CLEAN ENERGY

• Massachusetts announces $50 million in funding to help state facilities develop solar and storage projects, and to maintain or upgrade existing clean energy systems. (WWLP)

STORAGE

• Massachusetts releases a draft request for proposals for the development of 1.5 gigawatts of energy storage projects, part of its goal of procuring 5 GW of storage by 2030. (PV Magazine)

BUILDINGS

• New York City building owners will get another six months to file reports demonstrating their compliance with a local law that caps allowable emissions from larger buildings. (The City)

COMMENTARY

• As it moves to fully electrify its bus fleet, the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority has an opportunity to use the vehicle batteries to help make the grid more stable and resilient while earning revenue to support its transit mission, says an environmental consultant. (Commonwealth Beacon)

NEW FROM CANARY MEDIA

• Cleveland-Cliffs’ plan to replace its coal-blast furnaces with an ironmaking facility that uses hydrogen and electric furnaces appears dead as the company looks to align with the Trump administration’s pro-fossil fuel goals, Alexander C. Kaufman reports.

• Republicans’ ​“Big, Beautiful Bill” seems set on ending green hydrogen incentives, potentially dooming the already-struggling industry, Julian Spector reports.