HYDROGEN: Developers advance proposed hydrogen production projects in northwestern New Mexico using the region’s natural gas supplies as feedstock amid advocates’ pushback. (Capital & Main)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A California nonprofit launches a campaign to build an electric vehicle charging network in the Imperial Valley, known as the state’s harshest “charging desert.” (CalMatters)

ELECTRIFICATION: California researchers find pollution emitted from natural gas-fueled cooking stoves may contribute to tens of thousands of premature deaths and childhood asthma. (Los Angeles Times)

SOLAR:

CLEAN ENERGY: Oregon advocates urge Portland’s city council to reserve a multimillion-dollar clean energy fund for climate action projects and resist proposals to spend it on unrelated budget items. (Utility Dive)

BATTERIES: Firefighters continued to contend with a battery fire for a sixth day at an energy storage facility in southern California. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

MINING: The Biden administration awards a firm $20 million to expedite development of a proposed battery-grade manganese mine in southern Arizona amid advocates’ opposition to the project. (Arizona Republic)

OIL & GAS: 

  • Washington and Oregon officials seek the source of an oil spill that has coated and injured birds along the Northwest coast. (Jefferson Public Radio)
  • Wyoming’s oil and gas industry claims the federal Bureau of Land Management’s new rules raising reclamation bonds will disproportionately harm small producers. (County 17)

HYDROPOWER: 

  • A Washington state electric cooperative launches a feasibility study of incorporating tidal power into its San Juan Islands grid. (Salish Current)
  • Oregon lawmakers, advocates, tribal nations and public utilities call on Congress to decommission eight hydropower dams on the Willamette River to aid in salmon recovery. (Bloomberg Law, subscription)

CARBON CAPTURE: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs legislation establishing a regulatory framework for geologic carbon storage. (Fox 21)

TRANSMISSION: A utility and developer are selected to build a high-voltage transmission line designed to carry renewable energy across southern California. (Power Technology)

COMMENTARY: A California editorial board urges state lawmakers to pass legislation that would require fossil fuel companies to pay into a climate change mitigation fund. (Los Angeles Times) 

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Jonathan hails from southwestern Colorado and has been writing about the land, cultures, and communities of the Western United States for more than two decades. He compiles the Western Energy News digest. He is the author of three books, a contributing editor at High Country News, and the editor of the Land Desk, an e-newsletter that provides coverage and context on issues critical to the West.