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AIR: The record storm in New York this past week has helped scientists collect new data on how wind turbines can stimulate light in a snowstorm, also known as thundersnow. (Washington Post)
ALSO:
• New York is advancing a transmission line that will connect the Sunrise offshore wind farm with the grid, along with four wind farms upstate. (Utility Dive)
• The federal government has opened a comment period for planned offshore wind sites off the central Atlantic coast, including Maryland and Delaware. (News-Times)
• The Norwegian government gave the University of Maine and a Norwegian university $292,000 to develop a joint offshore wind research program. (news release)
• Maine officials, environmental advocates, and maritime industry leaders visited Sears Island as they searched for a port to use as an offshore wind staging area. (Maine Public)
EMISSIONS: Pennsylvania Republicans have opposed regulators’ approval of tighter emissions standards for the oil and gas industry, which will trigger a comment period that will continue into next year. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
SOLAR: Pennsylvania-based Hershey says its solar development and energy and water optimization projects have significantly reduced its emissions. (Pennsylvania Business Report)
CLIMATE:
• New York’s Climate Action Council has less than a month to finalize and approve an emissions reduction plan that will transform transportation, home heating, and more in the state. (Politics)
• An unusually warm autumn that left Lakes Erie and Ontario toasty as the air cooled fueled upstate New York’s historic snowstorm this week. (Yale Climate Connections)
TRANSPORTATION:
• New Jersey has just 2,008 public electric vehicle chargers, well below the national average per capita, which advocates say is slowing the state’s emissions reductions. (NJ Spotlight)
• A Bronx, New York, high school is one of 13 to receive a retired electric vehicle for automotive repair students to practice on. (Bronx Times)
• New Jersey lawmakers are continuing their fight against New York’s plan to charge congestion fees when drivers enter downtown Manhattan, including from their state. (NJ Spotlight)
BIOMASS: A wood pellet producer is looking to repurpose a former paper mill in Maine to produce pellets for export to Europe and Asia. (Lewiston Sun Journal)
GRID: A FirstEnergy subsidiary is installing new smart grid technology across western Pennsylvania in an attempt to prevent outages. (news release)
BUILDINGS: Vermont nonprofits are holding an energy savings fair to help residents learn about weatherization products and programs that will help them stay warm this winter. (Valley News)
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