HYDROGEN: Advocates worry proposed federally incentivized green hydrogen production facilities in Arizona and other arid states will further deplete already strained water supplies. (Floodlight)

GRID: 

UTILITIES: Nevada regulators propose allowing NV Energy to stop charging a single statewide disaster preparedness rate so customers in the southern part of the state will not subsidize wildfire prevention in the north. (Nevada Current)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: An Idaho sanitation company replaces its diesel-fueled garbage collection fleet with electric trucks. (Idaho Statesman)

OIL & GAS: 

  • A peer-reviewed study in the Permian Basin finds injected oil and gas wastewater can migrate through geological faults for miles before triggering blowouts in old and previously plugged wells. (Inside Climate News) 
  • An advocacy group files a lawsuit alleging a Colorado petroleum refinery exceeded federal emissions standards more than 9,000 times since 2006 and accusing federal and state regulators of failing to enforce pollution laws. (CPR)
  • Colorado’s attorney general considers intervening in a U.S. Supreme Court case in defense of an appellate court’s rejection of a proposed oil railway that would haul Utah crude across the state to refineries. (Colorado Newsline)

SOLAR: 

ELECTRIFICATION: Berkeley, California’s city council votes to approve a ballot initiative that would tax large buildings that use natural gas-fueled appliances. (Daily Californian)

CLIMATE: An investigation finds Nevada officials continued to offer contracts to a startup even after its carbon emissions tracking system failed to perform as promised. (ProPublica)

POLITICS: U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, a Wyoming Republican, proposes removing Boulder, Colorado’s gas stations and streets, citing the progressive city’s efforts to fight climate change. (WyoFile)

BIOFUELS: A southern California city plans to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant to produce biofuels from organic waste and sewage sludge. (news release)

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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.