{"id":2312871,"date":"2024-07-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&#038;p=2312871"},"modified":"2024-07-01T08:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:27:02","slug":"alaska-communities-sue-biden-over-drilling-ban","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/newsletter\/alaska-communities-sue-biden-over-drilling-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska communities sue Biden over drilling ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OIL &amp; GAS: <\/strong>Native Alaska communities <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/litigation\/rule-limiting-alaska-oil-gas-development-targeted-in-new-suit\">sue the Biden administration over its oil and gas drilling ban<\/a> on 10.6 million acres in a national petroleum reserve, saying it violates federal laws.<strong> <\/strong><em>(Bloomberg Law)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CLIMATE: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>California lawmakers agree to put a $10 billion bond on the November ballot that would fund programs aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/california-bond-measures-november-ballot-climate-schools-21e0a8b13dcdcc7ef73c801315b4a131\">mitigating climate change\u2019s effects<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong><em>(Associated Press)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A court <a href=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/eenews\/2024\/07\/01\/judge-keeps-alive-lawsuit-by-carbon-market-whistleblower-00165872\">advances a whistleblower\u2019s lawsuit<\/a> claiming Washington state fired him after he warned the state\u2019s carbon cap-and-invest program would raise gasoline prices. <em>(E&amp;E News, subscritption)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELECTRIFICATION: <\/strong>A fossil fuel trade group plans to file a lawsuit seeking to block Denver, Colorado\u2019s building codes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2024\/07\/01\/fossil-fuel-lawsuit-denver-climate-minding-building-gas-limiting-policies\/\">restricting natural gas appliances<\/a> in commercial and multifamily buildings. <em>(CPR)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BATTERIES: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A Utah battery maker advances plans to<a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.com\/news\/local\/business\/tucson-technology-energy-battery-manufacturing\/article_272f70b0-331e-11ef-b3f2-37e67f12a1f8.html\"> build a 1,000-employee manufacturing facility<\/a> in Tucson, Arizona.<strong> <\/strong><em>(Arizona Daily Star)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A company building an electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility outside Phoenix, Arizona, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.12news.com\/article\/news\/local\/arizona\/lg-putting-construction-on-hold-for-portion-of-multi-billion-dollar-battery-facility-in-queen-creek\/75-732865b6-e05a-4041-8804-686b692c6667\">pauses development of a second energy storage production plant<\/a>. <em>(12 News)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOLAR:<\/strong><em> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Meta moves forward with plans to build a data center in southern Wyoming that would be powered by a <a href=\"https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2024\/06\/29\/social-media-giant-meta-to-formally-announce-massive-wyoming-data-center\/\">proposed 771 MW solar installation<\/a>. <em>(Cowboy State Daily)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Wyoming county\u2019s concerns about road impacts delay construction on a <a href=\"https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2024\/06\/28\/huge-326-000-panel-wyoming-solar-farm-may-be-delayed-over-road-worries\/\">proposed utility scale solar installation<\/a> in the eastern part of the state. <em>(Cowboy State Daily)<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EFFICIENCY: <\/strong>The U.S. Energy Department awards California and Utah a total of $7.3 million to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/biden-harris-administration-announces-more-18-million-support-clean-energy-projects-24\">advance building decarbonization and other efficiency-oriented programs<\/a>. <em>(news release)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GRID: <\/strong>Federal regulators approve incentives for Southern California Edison\u2019s proposed transmission projects aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtoinsider.com\/82233-ferc-approves-incentives-socal-edison-tx-projects\/\">reducing congestion and increasing access to utility-scale solar<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong><em>(RTO Insider, subscription) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UTILITIES: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Pacific Gas &amp; Electric warns customers this week\u2019s northern California heat wave is likely to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/pgande-northern-california-power-shutoffs-wildfire\/61464216\">trigger public power safety shutoffs<\/a> aimed at reducing wildfire hazard. <em>(KCRA)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arizona developers move a contentious proposed natural gas plant from a retirement community to a lower-income neighborhood, <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/arizona-environment\/2024\/06\/28\/profit-motives-and-political-influence-plague-mohave-gas-plant-project\/74122007007\/\">sparking environmental injustice concerns<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong>(<em>Arizona Republic)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>URANIUM: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says she does not plan on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.12news.com\/article\/news\/politics\/hobbs-not-closing-uranium-mine-south-grand-canyon-despite-activists-calls\/75-104a9d66-c46f-4d9f-825d-ff3025f23fb6\">shutting down a newly reopened uranium mine<\/a> near the Grand Canyon after advocates call on regulators to revoke the facility\u2019s permits. <em>(12 News)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advocates condemn a U.S. firm\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kjzz.org\/news\/2024-06-28\/utah-mill-linked-to-arizona-uranium-mining-takes-136-tons-of-japanese-nuclear-waste\">shipment of more than 130 tons of nuclear materials<\/a> from Japan to Utah, saying the uranium mill where it is being reprocessed is serving as a radioactive waste dump.<strong> <\/strong><em>(KJZZ)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CLEAN ENERGY: <\/strong>Observers expect an upcoming Hawaii energy strategy to suggest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2024\/06\/state-expects-upcoming-energy-study-to-answer-cost-and-carbon-questions-for-hawaii\/\">using liquefied natural gas generation as a bridge<\/a> to help the state reach its 100% renewable energy goal.<strong> <\/strong><em>(Honolulu Civil Beat)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COMMENTARY: <\/strong>After visiting a New Mexico oil and gas drilling site, an author and advocate concludes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/article\/2024\/jun\/30\/fracking-destroys-earth-new-mexico\">\u201cfossil fuel industry chases short-term profit and leaves long-term wreckage in its wake.\u201d<\/a><em>(Guardian)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-light-gray-background-color has-background\">More from the Vxartnews: <a href=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/midwest\/\">Midwest<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/southeast\/\">Southeast<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/northeast\/\">Northeast<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/west\/\">West<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also: $10 billion California climate bond headed to November ballot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5625278,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"disable_auto_ads":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20711],"tags":[],"coauthors":[22113],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alaska communities sue Biden over drilling ban | Vxartnews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Also: $10 billion California climate bond headed to November ballot\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/newsletter\/alaska-communities-sue-biden-over-drilling-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alaska communities sue Biden over drilling ban | Vxartnews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Also: $10 billion California climate bond headed to November ballot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/vxartnews.com\/newsletter\/alaska-communities-sue-biden-over-drilling-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vxartnews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Vxartnews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-01T13:27:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/western-logo-blue-602x119.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@vxartnews_us\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"Jonathan P. 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