Energy news in brief

** The Michigan Court of Appeals rules in favor of Enbridge, saying a 2018 law allowing for a Great Lakes tunnel for the Line 5 pipeline is constitutional.

** Murray Energy’s prospects of exiting bankruptcy appear more likely as a creditor and rival coal company is no longer asking for a court to liquidate the firm. 

** Iowa City will use a $3 million federal grant to purchase electric buses and supporting charging equipment.

** A Nebraska financial services company launches a new business division focused on management and support services for solar developers.

** A barge carrying more than 6,000 gallons of diesel fuel runs aground in the St. Marys River between Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Canada.

** Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says he sees no way for a Democratic bill aiming to remove a state tax exemption for energy companies and industrial manufacturing companies to become law.

** Tesla says there have been no workplace transmissions of the coronavirus at the company’s California facility.

** A Wyoming legislative committee votes to draft a bill that would authorize state regulators to increase funding for the cleanup of orphan wells.

** Louisiana’s governor is expected to sign a bill that would increase penalties for protests on oil and gas sites, worrying Black residents who are fighting to stop construction of petrochemical plants.

** Laramie, Wyoming officials are set to consider backing a contentious 504 MW wind energy development stretching across state and private land next month.

** A North Carolina judge rules that insurers failed to prove that Duke Energy intentionally and knowingly caused millions of dollars worth of environmental damage at a coal ash pond.

** A U.S. Senator from Louisiana says the state is getting shortchanged and Congress needs to remove a cap on offshore oil and gas revenues.