Our top picks from this week’s stories on Midwest Energy News.

COMMENTARY: A two-for-one myth debunking from Michael Levi: No, gasoline cars don’t actually use more electricity than EVs, and no, the Keystone XL pipeline will not create 250,000 jobs. (Council on Foreign Relations)

COAL: Tenaska has pledged to set up a $30 million scholarship fund in exchange for state approval of its proposed “clean coal” plant in Taylorville. And U.S. Sen. John Hoeven was in North Dakota this week to promote a bill preventing regulation of coal ash. (Crain’s Chicago Business, Bismarck Tribune)

OIL: A Kansas oil company has agreed to plead guilty in the deaths of migratory birds in open waste pits in North Dakota. (Associated Press)

MIDWEST ENERGY NEWS ORIGINAL: Why North Dakota is engaged in an increasingly vocal fight with the EPA over pollution rules for national parks.

HIGHWIRE: Nebraska opponents of Keystone XL say it with pumpkins.

GRID: Federal regulators last week approved new cost-sharing rules to facilitate 17 major power line projects across the Midwest. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

SOLAR: As costs continue to decline, more solar power installations are planned in the U.S. than any other energy source, but those same market forces have analysts warning of big trouble ahead for the industry. (Associated Press, Reuters)

TRANSPORTATION: The Iowa Farm Bureau announces its support for increasing the state’s gasoline tax. (Cedar Rapids Gazette)

This week’s featured stories on Midwest Energy News include a feature on power development company Tenaska's pledge of a $30 million scholarship fund for disadvantaged minority students in exchange for approval to build a coal plant.