** North Dakota will stop studying ways the state can address climate change without harming its economy under an EPA-funded program started by the Biden administration.
** Multiple Republican candidates for Iowa governor say they would support legislation that bans the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines as the topic continues to play a prominent role in state politics.
** Xcel Energy seeks a 19% rate increase in North Dakota to pay for updated infrastructure and what one regulator criticizes as a move away from coal-fired power.
** The Port of Cleveland is adding charging ports, batteries, and solar to its main warehouse — work funded by a federal program that has so far survived Trump’s cuts.
** The $5 billion Biden-era federal EV charging program, once under attack by the Trump administration, is now moving along following a June court order that ruled efforts to freeze the money were illegal.
World
** Long-range Ukrainian drones and missiles hit a major Russian ammunition plant, a key oil terminal and an important weapons depot behind the front line, Ukraine’s president and military said Monday, as Kyiv cranked up pressure on Moscow’s military logistics.
** The Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) has reportedly entered into two agreements to acquire advanced offshore drilling rigs as part of efforts to boost production from oil and gas fields. The agreements received approval from the Board of Directors of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
** Lucid reported a 46.6% jump in third-quarter deliveries on Monday, driven by a rush of demand for electric vehicles before lucrative tax credits expired last week, but it still missed Wall Street expectations. The EV maker and its rivals are bracing for a sharp drop in sales in the last three months of the year without the $7,500 in credits.
** In yet another sign that electric vehicles are the wave of the future, the latest innovation in charging technology has come from an unexpected source: an oil company. Shell Lubricants, a division of the Shell Oil Company, has created a breakthrough new thermal management fluid for use in EVs, according to New Atlas.
** Scientists in China have developed a new way of harvesting solar power by applying a translucent coating over a window to direct energy from ambient light to the edge of the glass — where it can be captured and stored.
