Nike’s private jets fly and emit more carbon despite climate pledges

CLIMATE: An investigation finds Oregon-based Nike’s private jets’ greenhouse gas emissions have increased since the company first pledged to reduce its carbon footprint. (Oregonian)

CLEAN ENERGY:

• Western state advocates praise Tri-State Generation & Transmission for adding solar generation to their energy mix and making it easier for member cooperatives to generate their own power. (Colorado Sun)
• Data show nearly 66,000 Colorado households have taken advantage of federal incentives for rooftop solar, efficiency upgrades and heat pump installations. (CPR)
• A poll finds a bipartisan majority of Nevadans support federal tax credits for electric vehicles, clean energy and efficiency upgrades. (Nevada Independent)

OIL & GAS: 

• Chevron offers a California city $550 million in exchange for dropping a bid to tax the company’s Richmond petroleum refinery to offset the facility’s health impacts on residents. (Mercury News)
• California environmental justice advocates launch a billboard campaign warning South Los Angeles residents about the dangers of oil and gas drilling. (KNX)

COAL: An international commission considers tighter regulations on Canada coal mines accused of contaminating a river that crosses the border into Idaho. (Idaho Capital Sun)

URANIUM: Arizona’s attorney general calls on federal agencies to update a controversial Grand Canyon-era uranium mine’s decades-old environmental review and apply new science to potential groundwater impacts. (news release)

POLLUTION: California advocates support the San Diego port’s efforts to reduce pollution that disproportionately affects disadvantaged communities, but some say it may be too little too late. (Next City)

WIND: The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management finds proposed wind leasing off Oregon’s coast will have no significant environmental impacts. (KOBI 5)

SOLAR:

• Idaho advocates plan a ​“Solar for the People Rally” outside the state capitol in Boise to push for more clean energy development. (Idaho Capital Sun)
• Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs into law legislation aimed at streamlining community solar project permitting. (Anchorage Daily News, subscription)
• Developers seek public input on a proposed 86 MW solar-plus-storage facility in Hawaii. (Hawaii News Now)

STORAGE:

• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory opens a grid-scale battery energy storage system research and development facility in Washington state. (Yakima Herald-Republic)
• Federal regulators order California battery energy storage system operators to pay more than $1 million in fines and $1.9 million back to grid operators for improper bidding and outdated software. (RTO Insider, subscription)

COMMENTARY:

• California advocates urge lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at encouraging landlords to install rooftop solar on multi-family rental properties. (Mercury News)
• A Wyoming columnist calls on Republican lawmakers to drop a long-running bid to establish a nuclear waste depository in the state, saying it won’t raise as much money as expected. (WyoFile)