** The proposed Constitution pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to New York would not help lower energy prices in New England, despite claims made by U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in a recent opinion piece.
** Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes sees its income rise amid falling prices and slowed drilling thanks to its growing work with data center developers.
** An explosion on a cargo ship transporting coal causes no injuries, but shuts down the Port of Baltimore’s main shipping channel for several hours.
** Ford and SK On begin producing EV batteries at their joint $5.8 billion BlueOval SK Battery Park, one week before workers there are set to vote on whether to unionize with the United Auto Workers.
** Enel North America partners with a nonprofit to pair veterans with beekeepers to operate apiaries at solar farms in Texas.
** The Texas state auditor finds state oil and gas inspectors aren’t adequately verifying or holding natural gas operators and their production and delivery systems to winter weatherization standards that were mandated after widespread blackouts during the 2021 winter storm.
World
** A Ukrainian drone attack late on Tuesday knocked out power to areas of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region under Russian control, the Moscow-installed governor said.
** India is curbing solar output during periods of low demand to keep its power grid stable and to ease congestion in power lines as green energy supply rises, its Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) told Reuters.
** Countries around the world are continually looking for ways to minimize their reliance on dirty energy sources such as coal, oil, and gas while still providing their citizens with all they need. Lithuania recently announced a deal to work with Newcleo, a European energy company, to provide them with nuclear reactor technology.
** China’s exports of rare earth magnets recovered to hit a six-month high in July, showing trade flows of the critical minerals key to electric vehicles have returned to levels seen before Beijing imposed export curbs.
** China told Afghanistan on Wednesday that Beijing was keen on exploring and mining minerals in Afghanistan and wanted Kabul to formally join its Belt and Road Initiative, the Afghan Taliban foreign ministry said.
