Pipeline opponents take cues from denials of other projects

PIPELINES:
• Opponents of the Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline slated to run from Alabama to Florida draw parallels to the now-denied Dakota Access Pipeline. (DeSmog Blog / Miami New Times)
• Opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in North Carolina face long odds in their eminent domain fight. (Southeast Energy News)

FRACKING: Two bills are introduced to ban fracking in Florida. (Tallahassee Democrat)

COAL:
• Investors have been bilked out of $14 million in a three-year-long scheme spanning Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee to mine ​“blue gem” coal. (Kingsport Times News)
• Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, urges miners to send him hardship stories to read on the Senate floor. (West Virginia Metro News)
• Mississippi Power again postpones the startup of its Kemper ​“clean coal” power plant, this time until January. (Mississippi Today)
• Environmentalists and a mountaintop-removal mining company in West Virginia agree to settle a lawsuit over ongoing pollution. (Associated Press)

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER: Duke University signals doubt about Duke Energy’s new plant on campus as the utility asks regulators to push back a hearing until spring. (Charlotte Business Journal)

NUCLEAR: The Obama administration urges President-elect Trump’s transition team not to revive the Yucca Mountain waste repository in Nevada. (Greenwire)

UTILITIES:
• Alabama risks losing its only representative on the board of the TVA. (Alabama Media Group)
• The compensation of the now-retired CEO of ElectriCities in North Carolina draws scrutiny. (Raleigh News & Observer)

SOLAR: A member of an electric cooperative in Florida says he can recoup his purchase of a solar system in seven years. (Ocala StarBanner)

CLIMATE:
• Lakeland Electric in Florida proceeds with its plan to comply with the Clean Power Plan even if the federal rules are repealed. (News Chief)
• Is Florida’s approach to climate change a model for President-elect Trump? (Los Angeles Times)

COMMENTARY:
• Five lessons learned from the defeat of the solar Amendment 1 in Florida. (Grist)
• An advocate makes a case for building new nuclear power plants with or without the Clean Power Plan. (Knoxville News Sentinel)
• Mississippi is showing promise in standing up to utilities over solar energy for homeowners. (Yes! Magazine)
• At least one anti-fracking bill in Florida holds promise. (Tampa Bay Times)