Daily on Energy: $3B for zero-emissions ports, the long-run trends in U.S. energy, and Gulf of Maine offshore wind auction disappoints

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WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and Happy Tuesday, readers! Hope your week is off to a good start. Maydeen is taking the lead on the newsletter the rest of this week while Callie travels for graduation. Congratulations, Callie!

In today’s edition, Maydeen (with the help of Joe, who is Daily on Energy’s editor) looks at the EPA’s new funding for ports across the country to help achieve zero-emission operations.

A few other stories in today’s newsletter include oil giant BP reporting its lowest quarterly earnings since the COVID-19 pandemic and EPRI collaborating with big tech companies to launch an initiative examining how data centers can support grid reliability. We then look at a report that $78 trillion in investment across clean energy sectors is needed to meet the Paris Agreement goals of reducing global heating.

Meanwhile, environmentalists are fighting back against a new interstate highway in Birmingham, Alabama.

For today’s election countdown, we look at a Minnesota ballot measure that will decide whether to continue financing the state’s environmental trust fund with lottery revenue.

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EPA GRANTS $3 BILLION FOR PORTS ZERO-EMISSION OPERATIONS: The Environmental Protection Agency will spend nearly $3 billion on ports across the country to help achieve zero-emission operations.

The EPA selected 55 applicants across 27 states to receive funding through its Clean Ports Program, announced earlier this year. The agency said the ports’ ability to operate with zero emissions will reduce public health and environmental effects on surrounding communities.

“Our nation’s ports are critical to creating opportunity here in America, offering good-paying jobs, moving goods, and powering our economy,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in a statement.

“Delivering cleaner technologies and resources to U.S. ports will slash harmful air and climate pollution while protecting people who work in and live nearby ports communities,” he added.