Pipeline leak lingers in Pennsylvania groundwater

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FOSSIL FUELS

• As the Trump administration weakens enforcement of fossil fuel policies, federal regulators fail to step in to speed the cleanup of a jet fuel pipeline leak that contaminated groundwater and at least 28 residential wells in Pennsylvania. (Inside Climate News)

• A Delaware refinery appeals a $1 million fine state regulators imposed when the facility released air pollutants above allowable levels for 24 days in May. (Spotlight Delaware)

INDUSTRY

• “It should never have happened:” Inadequate maintenance and decades of ignored safety concerns led to last year’s deadly explosion at a U.S. Steel coke plant in Pennsylvania, a new report concludes. (E&E News)

OFFSHORE WIND

• A judge allows the Trump administration to reconsider the Biden administration’s approval of the Atlantic Shores wind farm off New Jersey. (E&E News)

DATA CENTERS

• Invitium Energy secures 5 GW of gas turbines for an expected data center power plant in Pennsylvania, though the generation facility isn’t expected to come online until at least 2031. (Utility Dive)

• A court orders a data center in Lowell, Massachusetts, to pause the controversial installation of new diesel generators while a resident-led lawsuit proceeds. (WGBH)

• A Rhode Island town considers banning both data centers and utility-scale batteries as neighboring communities deal with controversial proposals. (ecoRI)

SOLAR

• A proposed 20-acre solar farm that would be Maine’s largest sparks opposition among residents who worry about possible impacts to the environment and the landscape. (Maine Monitor)

• Residents of a rural Connecticut town oppose a plan to build a 5-MW solar development on farmland, saying the town already hosts a disproportionate amount of solar projects. (Hartford Courant)

NUCLEAR

• The city of Dunkirk, New York, has thrown its hat in the ring for a chance to host a nuclear facility on the site of a power plant that closed down about a decade ago. (Spectrum News)

GEOTHERMAL

• A Philadelphia utility explores the possibility of replacing the oil-burning heating system at an elementary school with a geothermal loop that would serve both the school and a neighboring recreation center. (Philadelphia Today)

GRID

• In its first seven months of operation, the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line has caused — or at least coincided with — several changes in the flow of power into and within the region’s grid. (RTO Insider)