Today’s headlines: U.S. bans foreign inverters, New York debunks solar myths, and more

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GRID

• The U.S. bans imports of new models of foreign-made power inverters over national security concerns, disrupting a supply of the devices that allow clean power sources and batteries to connect to the grid and data centers. (Politico)

FOSSIL FUELS

• A study on how swapping gas stoves for induction impacts people with asthma was canceled early after the U.S. EPA revoked its funding, but even its partial results show profound health benefits. (Washington Post)

SOLAR

• New York state responds to federal concerns about the amount of agricultural land being used for solar installations, noting that solar occupies just 6,000 acres of the state’s 4.6 million acres of prime farmland. (Spectrum News)

• China is currently facing an oversupply of solar panels that’s driving down prices, but it’s still powering forward to build more factories and deploy more arrays. (Grist)

• Avangrid withdraws its proposed Badger Mountain solar project in central Washington following opposition from the Colville and Yakama tribal nations, who said the project would have threatened cultural traditions. (High Country News)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• Walmart stores are rapidly building EV chargers even in states where charger construction has otherwise been slow. (Bloomberg)

GEOTHERMAL

• Developers break ground on Chicago’s first all-electric, geothermal-powered apartment project after more than three years of planning. (Chicago Sun-Times)

STORAGE

• Ameren Missouri plans to build three utility-scale grid storage batteries across the state, including at the site of a former coal plant. (KMOV)