Nuclear firm sues New York to dump radioactive water

NUCLEAR: In New York, the decommissioning company that owns the former Indian Point nuclear plant sues the state for not letting it dump radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River. (Times Union)

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WORKFORCE: Maine’s governor vetoes a bill tying union labor with clean energy projects on state land, noting that it was unclear to her the types of jobs that would be required to use union workers. (Portland Press Herald)

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POLICY: Even though New York has set ambitious climate goals, the state’s most recent budget didn’t include any significant measures to move the needle on climate action. (City Limits)

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TRANSIT:

• New York City’s transit agency says it needs $6 billion for capital projects that address climate resilience and mitigation. (NYDN)
• New York City’s traffic congestion pricing program is officially scheduled to begin on June 30, with few exceptions for who pays the starting-at-$15 toll. (Associated Press, NBC New York)
• Connecticut’s passenger vehicle emissions are making it difficult for the state to achieve its 2030 climate goals, according to a recent state report. (New Haven Register)

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WIND:

• A district court judge hears from federal attorneys that work should continue on the Revolution Wind project, claiming opponents of the project “needlessly rushed” to block it. (E&E News, subscription)
• GE Vernova’s chief executive says the turbine maker will be “highly selective” and wait for the industry to “thrive” before supplying new wind farms after New York ends three projects due to the company’s canceled ‘megaturbines.’ (E&E News, subscription)
• Two Delaware state legislators will host a public forum on May 1 on recent offshore wind proposals, bringing together representatives from the governor’s office, a wind developer and a policy think tank. (news release)

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BUILDINGS: Rhode Island regulators consider conditions they might apply to a potential operations extension of a Portsmouth liquefied natural gas facility that was intended as a temporary back-up for Aquidneck Island’s energy supply — including a ban on new gas hook-ups on the island. (Providence Journal)

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TIDAL: Federal regulators grant an eight-year license to the Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative to pilot the use of tidal turbines in the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Massachusetts. (news release)

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SOLAR:

• New Jersey officials want to replicate the success of a capped landfill solar array in other parts of the state. (Jersey Shore Online)
• A public hearing will be held on May 7 in Canton, New York, regarding an energy developer’s 240 MW solar and 20 MW battery energy storage project. (news release)
• The mayor of Hamden, Connecticut, says she opposes a 1.5 MW solar project planned for undeveloped woods in her town because of the required deforestation. (Patch)
• An energy developer installs a 595 kW solar array on the roof of a Maryland indoor soccer fieldhouse. (news release)

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: New Hampshire’s Henniker School District purchases four electric school buses using funds from the U.S. EPA’s Clean School Bus Program. (Concord Monitor)

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BIOFUELS: Berlin, Connecticut, residents are frustrated and disgusted with the pungent smell wafting from a food waste-to-biofuel facility, in addition to noise pollution complaints. (NBC Connecticut)

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