** Limetree Bay said Sunday air quality testing near its U.S. Virgin Islands refinery found zero concentrations of sulfur dioxide, hours after the National Guard said it found elevated levels of the chemical during its own testing.
** California’s energy policy and planning agency wants to transition new homes away from gas-powered appliances. The California Energy Commission released a draft building standards code that would require new homes to be equipped with circuits and panels that support all-electric appliances for heating, cooking and drying clothes.
** Researchers at Cornell University are developing technology that can charge an electric car while its in motion. US highways could embed the roads with metal plates that charge the cars as they drive over them.
** Electric cars will be cheaper to build than fossil fuel vehicles across Europe within six years and could represent 100 percent of new sales by 2035, according to a study published Monday.
** A fire erupted Monday at Kuwait’s largest oil field, injuring two workers, the country’s state-run news agency reported. The injured workers were in stable condition and receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, according to the state-run KUNA news agency, citing Qusai al-Amer, the Kuwait Oil Company spokesman.
** A report by an environmental nonprofit finds that readings for the carcinogen benzene jumped 233% between 2019 and 2020 at a Marathon oil refinery in eastern Kentucky.
** A recently passed bill in Hawaii will require all state-owned vehicles to be zero-emissions by 2035.
** Minnesota is one step closer to implementing California’s tailpipe-emission standards after a state administrative judge recommended the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Friday to adopt the rules reported POLITICO.
