** Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge Inc said it had signed partnerships with Royal Dutch Shell and Vanguard Renewables to make low-carbon fuels, seeking to tap into sales to companies that want to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.
** Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday that Turkey is shielded from a gas crisis, which has gripped Europe, thanks to the Russian-built TurkStream gas pipeline.
** Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec will sell billions of dollars worth of oil assets, including large equity stakes in Canada’s top crude producers, as part of a new strategy that aims to dramatically cut the emissions from its investments.
** Per the government of the Netherlands, gas production from the Groningen field, once biggest in Europe, will be stopped in 2022 (eight years earlier than planned) to lower the risk and damages from the earthquakes caused by drilling.
** BP plc BP commenced production at its Thunder Horse South Expansion phase 2 project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Thunder Horse field is one of the largest discoveries of the company in the Gulf of Mexico.
** NextEra Energy Inc. is seeking permission to run its St. Lucie nuclear plant in Florida until it’s 80 years old, joining other U.S. power providers in a push to preserve the country’s biggest source of clean energy.
** Two North Carolina civil rights organizations have filed a complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging that state regulators’ decision to permit biogas facilities at four Eastern North Carolina hog farms will have disproportionate impacts on people of color in surrounding areas.
** King County, Washington has dropped a lawsuit against five major oil companies for their contributions to climate change, but the court filing does not explain why.
** Four men accused of falsifying air quality tests at Kentucky coal mines to circumvent federal rules meant to protect miners from dust known to cause black lung are set to go to trial in November.
