HYDROGEN: A New Mexico electric cooperative looks to establish a green hydrogen production facility at a defunct mine and Superfund site in the northern part of the state. (High Country News)

SOLAR: Developers break ground on a 140 MW solar-plus-storage installation on the Jicarilla Apache Nation in northern New Mexico. (Albuquerque Journal)

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CLEAN ENERGY: 

OIL & GAS: 

  • California lawmakers consider delaying by more than four years implementing rules requiring oil companies to monitor oil and gas well leaks near homes and schools. (CalMatters)
  • A Montana poll finds broad support among registered voters for new Biden administration oil and gas rules increasing royalty rates and reclamation bonds. (Daily Montanan)
  • U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican, calls on the federal Bureau of Land Management to hand over correspondence related to a proposed Trans-Alaska Pipeline land transfer. (E&E News, subscription)

GRID: Data show natural gas remains California’s largest single energy source even though renewable, carbon-free sources provided 100% of the state’s electricity during 100 days so far this year. (CalMatters)

UTILITIES: A Washington state clean energy grant program has awarded $200 utility bill credits to about 50,000 low-income families since launching in July.  (Spokesman-Review)

CLIMATE: 

TRANSPORTATION: California regulators abandon a proposal to require jet fuel suppliers to pay for greenhouse gas emissions, saying it will look to incentivize sustainable fuel production instead. (E&E News, subscription)

COAL: Federal researchers find a Canada coal mine is sending pollution some 350 miles downstream and across the border to the Columbia River in the Northwest. (Montana Free Press)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: San Francisco Bay Area cities consider establishing electric bicycle regulations following an increase in related accidents. (Mercury News)

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Jonathan hails from southwestern Colorado and has been writing about the land, cultures, and communities of the Western United States for more than two decades. He compiles the Western Energy News digest. He is the author of three books, a contributing editor at High Country News, and the editor of the Land Desk, an e-newsletter that provides coverage and context on issues critical to the West.