Today’s headlines: Amazon’s big gas plant, Oxy’s carbon-removal progress, and more

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POLITICS

• Republican Rep. Andy Ogles, who helped phase out clean energy tax credits, loses his primary in Tennessee after a pro-renewables political action committee spends $2 million in opposition. (Politico)

DATA CENTERS

• Amazon is investing in a natural gas power plant that could become the single largest source of carbon emissions in the U.S., as part of a plan to build a massive data center campus in Texas. (Cleanview)

• President Donald Trump says Texas’ de facto moratorium on data centers is ​“a mistake” because the economic opportunity they present ​“could be bigger than oil.” (E&E News)

CARBON REMOVAL

• Occidental Petroleum aims to begin operating the world’s largest carbon-removal facility at the end of this year and will look to data centers and power plants as customers. (E&E News)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• The Trump administration announces $2 billion in funding for battery and critical minerals companies, including a $1.4 billion Defense Department loan to silicon-battery startup Sila Nanotechnologies. (Wall Street Journal)

• Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto is reportedly raising $500 million in venture capital as it aims to begin delivering its $24,950, bare-bones, all-electric pickup trucks as early as this year. (Axios)

NUCLEAR

• California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) says he will not move to extend operations at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant beyond its scheduled 2030 retirement date. (E&E News)

SHIPPING

• Congressional Republicans unveil legislation that would revoke federal waivers giving California the right to set nation-leading emissions standards on ships that come in and out of its ports. (E&E News)

OFFSHORE WIND

• “It’s heartbreaking:” Thousands of workers who planned a future in offshore wind grapple with disappearing job prospects and growing worries in the face of the Trump administration’s attempts to destroy the industry. (Inside Climate News)

• Revolution Wind, off the Rhode Island coast, is on track for completion before the end of the year, with 60 of its planned 65 turbines in place. (Hartford Courant)

COAL

• Maryland regulators approve transmission line upgrades needed before the state’s last remaining coal-fired power plant can retire. (Baltimore Banner)