** Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz forms a climate change subcabinet to get the state back on track to meet emission-reduction goals set in 2007.
** A saltwater spill in North Dakota last week occurred at a gas plant disposal well that was abandoned in the 1980s.
** Oil industry groups plan to “vigorously challenge” proposed federal changes that reallocate waived biofuel volumes.
** A House Democrat questions why a contractor with a questionable track record is helping clean up uranium waste sites on the Navajo Nation.
** A new $300 million electric vehicle plant in Arizona could create 4,800 direct and indirect jobs in the next decade.