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After six years, Ohio is moving to end the cabbage competitors that have been available since the bribe scandal

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Only shy of six years since Ohios of notorious house bills 6, more than 1 billion US The greatest bribes and money laundering scandal in the history of state historystate legislature approved a draft law that would remove the coal surcharge to House bill 6 founded. Followers of the law, which contains numerous other changes in energy policy in Ohio and takes place four years after the nuclear subsidies have been lifted, say that it should stimulate more power generation in the state.

And on Wednesday, days after Ohio's legislators, the lifting of the coal grants to governor Mike Dewine's Desk, a federal court of appeal, sent Confirmed the convictions of the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Larry Householder and former Republican leader Matt Borges, For your roles in the bribe scheme. The court supported the knowledge of the jury that the homeowner was guilty of accepting a bribery allowance of 61 million US dollars in return for rescue in House Bill 6, and Borges was a knowing participant.

Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota are Among 17 states that the Trump government sued on Monday About an executive regulation for the suspension of federal permits for wind energy projects. The command signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in officeKeep the permits, permits and loans for onshore and offshore wind projects until the Interior Minister concludes an assessment. The evaluation includes the environmental impact of wind projects on the wildlife, the economic costs associated with the temporary generation of electricity and the effects of subsidies on the visual capacity of the wind industry. In their complaint, the Attorney General argue that Trump lacks the authority to “categorically and unlimitedly” the permissible process and that the order represents an “existential threat to the wind industry”.

The US Army Corps of Engineers is driving its review of the Line 5 tunnel project from Enbridge under the street of Mackinac after the Trump administration quickly followed the project. A few weeks after the announcement, to accelerate the review process in the context of a national energy declaration, which also on Trump's first day of the office, the Army Corps said it will publish the draft of the environmental examination on May 30th And then keep a shortened 30-day public commentary period. A decision on the approval could come in autumn.

Slate Auto, a startup with electric vehicles supported by billionaire Jeff Bezos, revealed plans for this week Build its first cars in a former print shop in North Indiana. The company expects to produce its first high -fit electrical pickup trucks in the former LSC communication work in Warsaw by the end of 2026 and to protrude up to a level of production of 150,000 vehicles per year. It aims at a starting price of around $ 27,500.

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