ALSO: Federal prosecutors recommend a 16-20 year prison sentence for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder based on his role in a $61 million corruption scheme that caused “immeasurable damage to the institution of democracy in Ohio.” (Columbus Dispatch)
ELECTRIC VEHICLES:
• The U.S. and Europe diverge on their handling of Chinese electric vehicles, with the U.S. reserving incentives for domestic- and allied-made cars while the EU offers low tariffs and big subsidies for EV imports. (E&E News) • A Korean company announces it will build a $72 million factory in suburban Atlanta to make electric vehicle battery parts, and is the 10th supplier to announce a regional factory near Hyundai’s planned EV plant. (Associated Press)
GRID: • Virtual power plants are poised to deliver a real grid impact this summer as states build networks of small battery storage systems. (Inside Climate News) • Community-level support will be key to building transmission projects essential to the clean energy transition, and educating affected communities on projects’ benefits can aid in their success, experts say. (Utility Dive) • An expert says Texas wind and solar farms are “bailing us out” as the state power grid is strained by summer heat, storms and a nuclear plant failure. (CNN, Austin American-Statesman)
HYDROGEN: As Pennsylvania vies for federal hydrogen funding and works to reroute some oversight from federal to state hands, some lawmakers and environmentalists fear the state couldn’t properly oversee a hydrogen hub. (Spotlight PA)
COAL: Environmental advocates in communities with legacy coal ash pits along Lake Michigan hope new federal cleanup rules will help prevent an environmental catastrophe. (Grist)
