** Electric vehicle startup Canoo Inc on Wednesday said it will introduce an American-built pod-like electric pickup truck in 2023, following in the footsteps of several rivals also entering the most popular segment of the U.S. automotive market.
** The power grid operator in Texas shouldn’t be allowed to hide behind government immunity to avoid legal responsibility for billions of dollars in blackout-related losses, attorneys for the largest county in the state told Texas’s highest court.
** Multiple states are pressuring the Department of Defense to address its widespread “forever chemical” problem after the Pentagon admitted hundreds of drinking water systems were contaminated through the use of flame-retardant foam at military bases around the country.
** Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden’s pay package dropped by 42% to $7 million in 2020, a year in which the coronavirus pandemic pushed the energy company to a historic dividend cut following a collapse in profits.
** The United States needs to set a target to slash its greenhouse gas emissions between 57% and 63% below 2005 levels by 2030 in order to achieve the Biden administration’s longer-term goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, according to a new analysis released on Thursday.
** Mainspring Energy, the developer of a new generator technology that use fuels like biogas and hydrogen, has unveiled its Mainspring Linear Generator, with a $150 million contract with NextEra Energy Resources.
** The MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians says it wants a voice in the debate over coal ash removal from an Alabama power plant.
** The Arkansas House unanimously approves a bill exempting veterans and military members from state fees on electric and hybrid vehicle registrations.
** Five Republican members of Michigan’s congressional delegation call on President Biden to prevent a potential shutdown of Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac in May.
** North Dakota lawmakers consider a tax credit for oil producers that install flaring mitigation systems.