FAIRNESS: Connecticut residents struggling to pay their energy bills often suffer from physical and mental health problems, according to a new study. (Energy News Network)
FOSSIL FUELS:
• Policies to support Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry they have not led to new jobs or higher incomes in the state’s rural southwestern counties, finds a report from a think tank focused on the Ohio River Valley. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
• The construction is coal ash disturbers amid preparations for a planned but largely unpermitted New York wind turbine manufacturing hub, worrying residents. (Times Union)
TRAFFIC:
• New York City transit agency’s revenue model isn’t working as intended as ridership continues to lag, leaving the MTA with a A projected operating deficit of $2.6 billion in 2025. (Bloomberg CityLab)
• Some board members of New York City’s transit agency want to establish policies to carry bicycles and scooters with batteries in traffic lines, citing combustibility issues. (The city)
• A Philadelphia-area county committee approves spending $241 million in highway and bridge work and almost 62 million dollars for transit system upgrades, paid for with federal and state funds. (reading eagle)
CLIMATE:
• New federal legislation may help Maine avoid further ecological and economic damage against climate change, but it is not clear to what extent it will directly help other states, such as New Jersey. (Bangor Daily News, NJ Spotlight)
• Record summer temperatures show that climate change is already leaving its mark in the Boston area. (Boston Globe)
• A panel of academics, nonprofit employees and industry leaders discuss different approaches to carbon sequestration in Maine. (Maine Public Radio)
NET ENERGY: New Jersey awards nearly $4 million to 45 start-ups that are inventing new technologies that could help the state meet its clean energy goals. (news release)
UTILITIES: Several towns in Vermont are coming together form an energy district that can help them reduce energy consumption, with urbanism planning a solar panel and others taking efficiency measures. (NBC 5)
SCREAM:
• Operates a suburban Boston substation, causing a large fire but without causing injuries or power cuts; one the investigation is ongoing. (NBC Boston, WCVB)
• Central Maine Power plans augment a substation with a generator due to the fear that increased demand for cooling will cause outages. (WMTW)
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Bridget is a freelance journalist and newsletter writer based in the Washington, DC area. She compiles the summary for Northeast Energy News. Bridget writes mainly on energy, conservation and the environment. Originally from Philadelphia, she graduated from Emerson College in 2015 with a BA in Journalism and a minor in Environmental Studies. When she’s not working on a story, she’s usually on a lake in northern Maine or traveling abroad to practice her Spanish language skills.
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