Unions Organize for EV Battery Plants as Biden Administration Enforces New Gas Line Rules and Climate Funding.

The U.S. automotive industry is facing high stakes as unions prepare to organize workers at forthcoming electric vehicle battery plants. The Biden administration has started imposing new rules on roughly 400,000 miles of “gathering lines” that carry gas directly from dilling sites, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, prioritizes state and federal climate funding on stormwater and floodplain management to build resilience and reduce risk. MidAmerican Energy is testing a new radar system in which lights on wind turbines across four Iowa counties are only on when needed. Federal regulators extend a review of Vistra’s proposed $6.3 billion deal to buy Energy Harbor’s nuclear plants and retail power business, and critics say would unfairly influence power prices in PJM’’s market.