Headline News:

• “Maryland Launches Offshore Workforce Fund” • Maryland Governor Wes Moore has announced federal funding to provide training and place jobs for the state’s offshore wind workforce. The $4.7 million funding is to make Maryland more competitive by creating a skilled worker pipeline into Maryland’s wind energy industry, Governor Moore said. [reNews]

Offshore windpower (Maryland Energy Administration image)

• “Fossil Fuel Phaseout Becomes COP30’S Biggest Talking Point, But Will It Happen?” • Despite increasing investment in clean energy, experts warn progress towards a fossil fuel-free future is not “happening fast enough.” Global emissions are still climbing. But developing a roadmap that manages the transition in a just way is proving a challenge. [Euronews]
• “New Hampshire’s Largest Community Solar Project Under Construction At Former Gravel Pit” • Encore Renewable Energy and the Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire hosted an event to honor the Poverty Plains Solar Project, a 4.99-MW ground-mounted solar system that will deliver affordable energy to eleven communities. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
• “Key US House Committee Advances Permitting Bill” • The US House Committee on Natural Resources has advanced a bill aimed at getting energy projects built faster. It would make key reforms to much of the US federal permitting process for infrastructure projects, including offshore wind and onshore projects on federal land. [reNews]
• “Texas Is Winning The Energy War By Ignoring The Politics” • While the federal government tries to pick winners and losers among energy technologies, Texas demonstrates an affordable and reliable path to achieving American energy resilience that repeatedly prioritizes practicality over ideology. Texas is being practical rather than political. [Utility Dive]

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