Energy news in brief

** Louisiana’s oil industry criticizes the governor’s veto of a tax break for drilling new wells and bringing old ones back into production reported the Daily Comet.

** The Associated Press reported a new agreement among tribes, PacifiCorp, and the states of Oregon and California will advance plans to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, which, if approved by federal regulators, would be the largest dam removal in U.S. history.

** The Casper Star-Tribune reported that Wyoming officially launches a stimulus program for the oil and gas industry paid for with federal coronavirus relief funds.

** The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is planning to offer up 78.2 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for auction to oil and gas companies, according to a proposed notice of sale.

** The city of Ashland, Oregon launches an incentive program that includes a $300 rebate for electric bicycles reported KOBI.

** POLITICO reports the U.K. will bring forward a ban on the sale of new gas and diesel cars to 2030, Boris Johnson said as part of his long-awaited “10-point plan” to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

** Conservation groups are suing to halt the Trump administration’s approval of a development plan for ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday.

** The Star Tribune reports that members of a Minnesota agency’s environmental justice advisory group resign in protest after state officials approve a key water quality permit for the Line 3 pipeline replacement and expansion project. 

** EV startup Lordstown Motors is building a research and development center in metro Detroit according to the Detroit News.

** Friday marks the 52nd anniversary of the Farmington Mine Disaster in West Virginia, which killed 78 miners and prompted a push for federal mine safety reform.