** Navajo Nation tribal President Buu Nygren issued an executive order banning the transportation of uranium ore from the Pinyon Plain Mine through reservation property in Arizona.
** The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an emergency order Tuesday to remove from the market a pesticide linked to fetal damage, its first such action in nearly four decades. In a statement, the EPA said exposure to the pesticide, dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate, also known DCPA or dacthal, can affect fetal thyroid hormone levels.
** Detroit-based energy company DTE has announced plans to build a large-scale battery storage facility at the site of a former coal plant, The Detroit News reported.
** Colorado State University reduced the number of named storms it is predicting this hurricane season following a weekslong lull between Tropical Storm Chris and Hurricane Debby. The revised forecast, which is still calling for a hyperactive season, was released Tuesday as part of CSU’s regularly scheduled updates.
** The U.S. Geological Survey installs its fourth extensometer in coastal Virginia to more precisely measure the rate of sinking land, which is moving twice as fast as sea levels are rising.
** California-based rooftop solar installer SunPower files for bankruptcy, saying high interest rates and California net-metering changes depressed demand.
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** Shipments of Russian liquified natural gas to France more than doubled the first half of this year, according to new analyses of trade data, at a time when Europe has tried to pull back from energy purchases that help finance the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
** BMW, in collaboration with German tech firm DeepDrive, is testing a new in-wheel motor that could redefine the efficiency and performance of electric vehicles, according to Interesting Engineering. The new design, which shifts from the model of traditional motors in both gas-powered cars and EVs, allows for a dual-rotor design that gives each wheel a separate motor.