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A $283-million gas power plant being built near Billings may face added environmental scrutiny as state Supreme Court weighs Aug. 14 lower court ruling of state law barring greenhouse gas emission impact review as unconstitutional.

Proposed EPA mandate's reliance on hydrogen and carbon capture evoked concern in comments sent by an Aug. 9 deadline, but supporters say investment in clean transition approaches already are well underway. 

Occidental Petroleum and Battelle lead Texas and Louisiana projects set for award of first-round federal funds, with 19 regional direct air capture hub teams—that include AEC firms—set to gain a total of $100M.

Amid site protest arrests, a Richmond, Va. appeals court panel admits its cancelled jurisdiction to rule on suits seeking to stop the $6.6 billion gas line's completion, but route landowners are pressing another court to keep their eminent domain lawsuit alive.

To upgrade treatment plant infrastructure that dates to 1920, crews built new digesters, membrane reactors and ultraviolet disinfection systems.

Work to complete 145-mile line to channel Canada hydropower to New England, halted in 2021 by a successful ballot measure and multiple legal battles, announced its restart after winning a court ruling last spring.

Feds propose 557 sq miles of new Atlantic ocean tracts for development and set Aug. 29 for first Gulf of Mexico auction of three large sites, but projects now confront rising costs for the first time.

Administration is accepting through Sept. 29 public comment on its proposal to streamline project environmental reviews under a key federal law.

Unanimous FERC vote July 27 on final rule will prioritize the most construction-ready, financially-viable projects, but its effective date was not announced.

First of two record-size 300-ton melters at federal Hanford waste site reached 2,100°F critical temperature July 20 after shutdown last year due to component overheating.