** California advocates say a state law aimed at phasing out diesel trucks has failed to reduce pollution in communities near the Port of Los Angeles.
** Nevada advocates file a lawsuit seeking to force federal land agencies to protect the Old Spanish Trail from utility-scale solar projects, mining and other development.
** A Michigan House panel approves a $50 million grant for a proposed Upper Peninsula copper mine that backers say is needed for the electric vehicle transition but environmentalists oppose because of local pollution concerns.
** A new report ranks Georgia second in the nation for solar manufacturing and fifth for solar installation in 2024.
** A Kentucky law that takes effect in January will increase annual ownership fees for electric vehicle owners.
** U.S. investor Acadia Infrastructure Capital and companies including Microsoft are looking to help develop a $9 billion pipeline of renewable energy projects across the country, the project lead told Reuters.
** Multiple top Alaskan officials are expressing outrage at the way the Biden administration is orchestrating its final congressionally mandated leasing of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) Section 1002 land for fossil fuel exploration.
** A northern Wisconsin tribe, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa along with a coalition of groups moved Thursday to block, plans to reroute an aging pipeline around the tribe’s reservation, arguing state regulators have underestimated the environmental damage that construction would cause.
World
** Russia launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukrainian energy facilities during the morning rush hour, Kyiv said. Russian forces have been targeting Ukraine’s electricity system for most of the year and it renewed its strike campaign last month.
** Ontario Premier Doug Ford said his province was putting together a list of retaliatory measures and would go so far as to cut off energy exports to the U.S. if President-elect Trump slaps Canadian products with a 25 percent tax as promised, the AP reported.
** Russia’s state oil firm Rosneft has agreed to supply nearly 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude to Indian private refiner Reliance in the biggest ever energy deal between the two countries, three sources familiar with the deal said.
** Britain’s electricity grid has burned record amounts of gas to keep the lights on after a “dunkelflaute” weather event knocked out swathes of the country’s wind and solar farms. The amount of power generated by gas-fired plants surged to more than 70pc on Thursday morning, as the output of renewables tumbled to just 6pc.