Grants would help more New Hampshire towns unlock solar benefits

SOLAR: New Hampshire’s energy department wants to use a $1.4 million Bipartisan Infrastructure Act grant to help disadvantaged cities and towns install up to 60 kW of solar on municipal properties. (Energy News Network)

ALSO:

• Pennsylvania’s largest solar project comes online in Franklin and Fulton counties, with the University of Pennsylvania set to purchase the 1,755-acre facility’s entire output. (Bay Journal)
• Federal agriculture officials grant $2.1 million to numerous Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, businesses, farms and schools to install solar panels. (Lancaster Online)

LEGAL: Delaware’s attorney general appeals a state court ruling that threw out much of her case contending the fossil fuel industry should compensate the state for its role in the climate crisis and related misinformation. (E&E News, subscription)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

• Connecticut’s governor encourages environmentalists to lobby for stricter state-level vehicle emissions standards and to end new all-gasoline vehicle sales in 2035. (Hartford Courant)
• New York’s transportation agency receives a $13 million federal grant to improve the reliability and accessibility of the state’s electric vehicle charging network, while New Jersey receives $15.9 million for similar projects. (WKBW, ROI-NJ)

CLIMATE:

• The destruction of historic fishing shacks during record tides and flooding in South Portland, Maine, is serving as a wake-up call for some about climate change. (Boston Globe)
• New York City’s climate panel issues a new forecast showing that in the 2030s, the city will see up to 10% more precipitation, temperatures up to 4.7 degrees warmer and sea levels at least half a foot higher than today. (The City)
• Portland’s historic commercial center could face major challenges by the end of the century if climate change forces the Casco Bay to rise another four feet and big storms continue blowing in as predicted. (Portland Press Herald)

BIOGAS: Rhode Island’s first anaerobic digester — and one of the largest renewable energy facilities in the state — faces criticism from its neighbors over how bad it smells. (ecoRI)

TRANSIT: A new report filed with the Vermont legislature forecasts that the state’s public transit agencies will see a $3.5 million hole in their budgets by 2027. (WCAX)

OFFSHORE WIND: Two Delaware colleges partner up to offer a five-day offshore wind training certificate program focused on safety. (Cape Gazette)

AFFORDABILITY: Connecticut lawmakers probably won’t consider supplementing federal home heating aid with state funding until next month, even though it faces high demand and budget cutbacks. (Hartford Courant)