** Murphy Oil Corporation will host a conference call and webcast beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Thursday, August 6, 2020 to discuss second quarter 2020 earnings. The company plans to release its financial and operating results before the market opens that morning.
** -Xcel Energy has elected a new board member, effective immediately. Charles Pardee, who goes by Chip, brings over 38 years of experience in the energy industry, having held leadership roles in both nuclear and non-nuclear operations. He currently serves as president of Terrestrial Energy, USA in Connecticut. He is also the chair and director of the Committee on Nuclear Power for the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation in the United Arab Emirates.
** The state of Minnesota on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil Corp and Koch Industries for what it called a decades-long campaign to deceive the public about climate change. Attorney General Keith Ellison said the state believed the API, Exxon and Koch violated Minnesota laws barring consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices and false advertising.
** A Canadian nuclear power company formally withdraws its plan for an underground nuclear waste storage facility near Lake Huron.
** Indiana’s moratorium on utility disconnections expires July 1, leaving uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of residents who are more than two months behind on their bills.
** Startup EV manufacturer Rivian plans to move most of its engineering and product development staff from metro Detroit to California.
** Toyota is recalling roughly 750,000 gas-electric hybrid vehicles worldwide because the engines can lose power and stall.
** Green advocates say there is uneven progress on efforts to cut emissions in Democratic-led states including Colorado, Washington, and New Mexico.
** A new study finds California’s clean energy programs disproportionately benefit wealthy residents.
** A Montana utility is seeking millions from ratepayers to cover costs related to a coal plant shutdown over the summer.
** The drinking water of an Alaska Native village is under threat from a 15,000 gallon fuel oil spill.
** A new solar canopy will power all of the maintenance vehicles for an Arizona transit agency.
** Amid oil and gas layoffs in Texas, younger workers are rethinking their careers in the industry.
** Despite a Supreme Court win for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Virginia activists vow to keep fighting the project.
** After the U.S. exported a record amount of liquefied natural gas in late March, the coronavirus pandemic — paired with warm weather — cut that amount by more than half in June, according to IHS Markit data. Daily deliveries of natural gas to U.S. facilities that liquefy and then export natural gas hit a record 9.8 billion cubic feet a day in late March. By June, that number fell to 4 billion.
