In the news today and from the weekend…
Grid:
- Bloomberg reports that Texas’s plan to avoid deadly blackouts could cost $18 billion. A fleet of new natural gas-fired power plants in Texas may cost $18 billion, much more than an earlier estimate, as lawmakers attempt to improve the state’s electric grid after its deadly failure in 2021.
Climate:
- The Associated Press reports that climate change is adding 50 homers a year to MLB, study says. Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found.
Mining:
- Associated Press reports three Alaska Native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world, arguing that federal agencies failed to properly analyze health and environmental concerns for the project in southwest Alaska.
- E&E Greenwire reports the Bureau of Land Management is delaying until next year a decision on a series of Trump-era orders that would open 28 million acres of federal lands in Alaska to energy development and mining.
Water:
- E&E Greenwire reports the fate of the Biden administration’s signature water rule remains unclear even after the president’s second-ever veto issued a stern rebuke to Congress this week.