ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Rhode Island’s new electric vehicle adoption incentive program kicks off in a week; up to $2,500 will be available for those who buy or lease battery or fuel-cell vehicles. (WPRI)
ALSO: A New York-based school bus dealer begins building a $4.5 million facility to convert diesel school buses to electric. (Buffalo Business First)
FOSSIL FUELS: A Connecticut law that takes effect in July will require home heating oil to be blended with biodiesel, often created with used cooking oil. (NBC Connecticut)
UTILITIES: The operator of a Massachusetts power plant accused of failing to meet generation requirements despite accepting $100 million in payments asks a bankruptcy judge to approve a $43 million settlement with federal energy commissioners. (Reuters)
CLIMATE:
• Federal officials attribute a growing mouse population boom — most prevalent in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont — and an associated uptick in lyme disease to climate change. (Associated Press/Report for America)
• A flood-prone but popular Boston park is set to receive $1.6 million in federal funds for a climate mitigation initiative. (WCVB)
BUILDINGS:
• In Washington, D.C., the D.C. Green Bank and the Latino Economic Development Center plan to collectively lend $1 million to help small businesses and organizations in underserved neighborhoods make efficiency upgrades. (Washington Business Journal)
• At NASA’s Greenbelt, Maryland, space flight center, officials kick off $28.1 million worth of efficiency projects and retrofits to save the agency an estimated nearly $2 million in annual energy costs. (Environment + Energy Leader)
SOLAR:
• A historic steel factory northwest of Pittsburgh reopens to build solar trackers for utility-scale arrays. (Beaver County Times)
• In Baltimore, the National Aquarium installs a solar array shaped like a tree to help reach its net-zero goal. (Baltimore Fishbowl)
OFFSHORE WIND: Ørsted and a technology institute bring the first offshore wind farm simulator to the Mid-Atlantic to visualize what the first such facilities will look like off the coast. (CBS Baltimore)
CARBON CAPTURE: A planned $900 million carbon capture and storage project in central Pennsylvania lands its first outside investor. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
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