** The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers holds a public hearing on Enbridge’s request to build a tunnel for Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac.
** The Anchorage Daily News reports a federal court rules the Trump administration “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in its 2018 approval of an Arctic drilling project without considering emissions impacts.
** The Hill reports Congressional Democrats say the Bureau of Land Management’s push for Arctic oil leasing may violate its own regulations, and advocates say the Trump administration is disregarding studies showing potential wildlife impacts.
** McDonald’s will purchase 126 MW of power from an Illinois wind project under an agreement with developer Apex Clean Energy.
** Colorado gets its first electric vehicle-to-building charger in Boulder, aiming to keep the power on while keeping costs down during peak demand hours reports the Mountain Town News.
** A report by Fast Company says a California startup unveils an electrical vehicle that gets substantial power via solar panels instead of electric charging.
** The Dallas Morning News reports a U.S. Representative says Congress has a duty to fully fund the operation of Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste repository.
** Environmentalists are calling on the incoming Biden administration to reverse course on EPA’s decision not to tighten the national air quality standard for particulate matter.
** Two oil and gas advocacy associations in West Virginia merge to become the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia according to the WV MetroNews.
** Massachusetts towns ask the state legislature to overrule the attorney general who says local laws to ban natural gas in new construction are not allowed under current statutes.
