<div dir="ltr"><div>Hybrids still sell. My 2005 Prius is still putting along! <br></div><div> Kirk Rensmeyer<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Energy News Weekly</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:info@energynews.us">info@energynews.us</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 7:31 AM<br>Subject: Will hybrids’ allure sidetrack automakers?<br>To: <<a href="mailto:krensmey@gmail.com">krensmey@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-4644770555789792668"><u></u><div style="word-spacing:normal;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="display:none;font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden">Plus: The world has enough fossil fuel projects</div><div style="background-color:#ffffff" dir="auto" lang="und"><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="center"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;color:#000000"><p><i><a href="https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?e=01abf3ea3a&u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=ec04de3dbc" target="_blank">View this email in your browser</a></i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="center"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:576px"><img alt="Energy News Weekly" src="https://i0.wp.com/energynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Energy-News-Weekly.png?fit=1782%2C325&ssl=1" style="border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;font-size:13px" width="576" height="auto"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p>👋 Hello and welcome to Energy News Weekly!</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p>After a few weeks in Scandinavia, I've got electric vehicles on the brain. But back here in the U.S., one big automaker is questioning whether hybrids are a stepping stone on the way to zero-emission vehicles — or something more permanent.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><table role="presentation" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:576px"><img alt="The first picture I took on vacation was of these curbside EV chargers in Copenhagen, which I guess says something about me." src="https://energynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_5884-600x450.jpg?crop=1" style="border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;height:auto;width:100%;font-size:13px" width="576" height="auto"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:13px;line-height:1.56;text-align:left;color:#555d66">The first picture I took on vacation was of these curbside EV chargers in Copenhagen, which I guess says something about me.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p>With a lot of the country still <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=f4dcbb066e&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">lacking high-speed charging stations</a>,<b> range anxiety can be a real concern</b> for rural Americans. And if you don’t have a driveway or accessible place to plug in, charging at home isn’t easy either. </p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p>The Biden administration is working on the first part of that dilemma, including with a <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=dd4539c005&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">new round of funding</a> to build EV chargers announced last week. In the meantime, many automakers and experts see plug-in hybrids that combine a taste of electric driving with a combustion engine as a <b>stepping stone to fully electric cars. </b></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p>Consumers seem to agree: U.S. hybrid sales <b><a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=732b40336b&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">shot up 45%</a> in the first quarter of this year</b>, while EV sales slowed a tad, according to MotorIntelligence.com. But at a conference last week, Ford CEO Jim Farley suggested those surging sales are changing his long-term view of hybrids, <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=6cb65e4b56&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">Reuters reports</a>.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p>“We should stop talking about it as transitional technology,” Farley said of hybrids. “Many of our hybrids in the U.S. are now more profitable than their non-hybrid equivalent.”</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p>But there’s a big problem with sticking with hybrids for too long, as General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra noted at the same conference. “<b>It’s not the end game </b>because it’s not zero emission,” Barra said, doubling down on her company’s promise to fully transition to EVs.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p>On average, gas cars emit more than 350 grams of carbon per mile driven over their lifetime, while hybrids emit around 260 grams per mile, <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=7e29730e93&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">MIT researchers have found</a>. EVs are meanwhile responsible for about 200 grams per mile, when you take into account the emissions tied to building a car and producing the electricity they run on.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p>And even better? <b>Swapping out as much driving as possible </b>for walking, public and public transit.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p><i>Are you hesitant to drive a fully electric car, but open to a hybrid (or already have one)? Let me know your thoughts by replying to this email.</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="right"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:right;color:#000000"><p>— <i>Kathryn Krawczyk</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><p style="border-top:solid 1px #000000;font-size:1px;margin:0px auto;width:128px"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><h3><b>More clean energy news</b></h3></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p><b>🏭 We’re good on fossil fuels:</b> The world already <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=9ecff461ea&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">has enough planned fossil fuel projects</a> in the pipeline to cover predicted energy demand through 2050, a study finds, suggesting countries should halt new permits. <i>(The Guardian)</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p><b>🚌 Jumpstarting electric school buses:</b> The Biden administration <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=fd35762316&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">announces nearly $900 million</a> for 500 school districts across the country to buy clean buses, most of them electric, in the latest round of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding. <i>(Canary Media)</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p><b>💰 Investing in green: </b>Clean energy and transportation investments <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=b107c9de50&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">totaled a record high of $71 billion</a> in the first quarter of the year.<i> (Utility Dive)</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p><b>🚧 Clean innovation’s holdup:</b> The CEO of the nation’s largest residential solar company discusses how the company is trying to innovate in a sector held back by <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=9f3be0428d&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">the utility industry’s “slow and no” culture</a>. <i>(Energy News Network)</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p><b>💨 No excuses on methane cuts:</b><i> </i>A study of U.S. EPA data finds reported methane emissions from U.S. gas extraction <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=47de216c7c&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">dropped 37% between 2015 and 2022</a> even as production surged, suggesting the industry can curb leaks without limiting production.<i> (Canary Media)</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p><b>🚗 Problematic EV origins:</b> U.S. environmental justice advocates <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=045ca9be82&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">turn their attention to the Congo</a>, where the industry mining cobalt essential to electric vehicle batteries is ripe with worker exploitation.<i> (Capital B)</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p><b>🌡️ Heating up</b>:<i> </i>An analysis of death certificates finds that 2023 was <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=414c68ceca&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">a record year for heat-related deaths and illnesses</a>, especially in Arizona, Texas and other southern states. <i>(Associated Press)</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:12px"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word" align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;color:#000000"><p><b>🏠 Hey, I’m weatherizin’ here: </b>New York launches the country’s first energy rebate program supported by <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=3022833b74&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">federal Inflation Reduction Act funds</a>, which will help <a href="https://midwestenergynews.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ae5d3a0c6088cad29d71bf0d0&id=aa5123430b&e=01abf3ea3a" target="_blank">low-to-moderate-income homeowners</a> make energy efficient upgrades.<i> (Utility Dive, Gothamist)</i></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><p style="border-top:solid 1px #000000;font-size:1px;margin:0px auto;width:128px"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:600px"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:0;text-align:center"><div class="m_-4644770555789792668mj-column-per-100" style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td 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