ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: Questions of environmental justice surround Houston interstate project (CBS News), A new environmental justice tool disregards race. We put it back in (Grist)
CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: Climate fears on back burner as fuel costs soar and Russia crisis deepens (New York Times $)
CLIMATE SCIENCE: How a little-discussed revision of climate science could help avert doom (Washington Post $), The giant plan to track diversity in research journals (Nature)
DENIAL: Facebook labeled half of climate denial posts from 'Toxic Ten': report (The Hill), Facebook fell short of its promises to label climate change denial, a study finds (NPR)
NORD STREAM 2: Biden adds Nord Stream 2 sanctions in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion (LA Times $, The Hill, E&E News)
SCOTUS: The absurd Supreme Court case that could gut the EPA (Vox)
EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Biden urged to declare ‘climate emergency’ (Bloomberg $)
POLITICS: Top companies are undermining their climate pledges with political donations, report says (Washington Post $)
TRIBES: Tribal nations to receive $1.7B in water rights settlements (The Hill)
CITIES AND STATES: As Connecticut falls behind on emission goals, activists want teeth added to law (Energy News Network)
TEXAS: Ex-ERCOT chief says he was following Abbott's direction to halt blackouts when they ran up billions in bills during freeze (Houston Chronicle)
FERC: 14 states urge FERC to tighten accounting rules to prevent utilities from recouping lobbying expenses (Utility Dive)
IMPACTS: Climate change is intensifying Earth’s water cycle at twice the predicted rate, research shows (The Guardian), Antarctic sea ice hits lowest level since 1970s (Gizmodo), Sea ice around Antarctica reaches a record low (New York Times $)
HEAT: Hot days lead to more mental health emergencies, study finds (The Guardian), Extreme heat linked to increases in mental health ER visits: study (The Hill), U.S. has experienced fewer cold winter days than normal so far, a sign of climate warming (Washington Post $)
DROUGHT: Drought means no water expected for CA farmers in Central Valley (Sacramento Bee $)
WILDFIRES: Wildfires are blazing through Argentina (Gizmodo)
HURRICANES: ‘We need help': another cyclone batters Madagascar (Bloomberg $)
MIGRATION: The first step to preparing for surging climate migration? Defining it (NPR)
RENEWABLES: China researcher sees wind and solar easily beating Xi’s goal (Bloomberg $)
SOLAR: This solar startup's boss could make more than goldman sachs's ceo (Bloomberg $)
METHANE: Methane emissions are far higher than what countries claim, world energy agency says (LA Times $), Hundreds Of Natural Gas Leaks In D.C. Contribute To Climate Change (DCist)
FINANCE: Russia oil shock looms over Fed inflation fight (Politico $)
LNG: LNG developer Tellurian reports a full-year loss (Reuters)
OIL & GAS: Chevron seeks environmental certification for its North American production (Reuters), E.U. will unveil a strategy to break free from Russian gas, after decades of dependence (Washington Post $), US gas industry pursues ‘responsible’ label to keep customers (FT $), Three theories for why gas prices are so high (The Atlantic)
PIPELINES: N. America's old pipelines seek new life moving carbon in climate push (Reuters)
HYDROGEN: Hydrogen generation could become a $1 trillion per year market, Ggoldman Ssachs says (CNBC)
GRID: Three men plead guilty in plan to attack power grids to advance white supremacist ideology (The Hill)
EVs: Duke may offer some EV customers 'all you can charge' for just $19.99/month (restrictions apply) (Utility Dive), Tesla gets $275,000 finger-wag from EPA over air pollution violations (Gizmodo)
WIND: After a shaky start, airborne wind energy is slowly taking off (Yale Environment 360)
ACTIVISM: Night-time attack on controversial Canadian gas pipeline site (The Guardian), PR worked for Big Oil. So can it work for climate action? (Grist), Climate activists block roads leading to German airports (The Hill)
BICYCLES: Biking paradise oslo is closest in Europe to no-emission travel (Bloomberg $)
CARBON PRICING: As climate change costs mount, Biden seeks to price damages (ABC), As climate change costs mount, Biden seeks to price damages (Washington Post $)
PLASTICS: California to become first state to tackle microplastic pollution (San Francisco Chronicle)
SUSTAINABILITY: How a climate-conscious podcaster tries to live sustainably: dilemmas over air travel, exterminators and hardwood floors (Washington Post $)
INTERNATIONAL: With Nord Stream 2 freeze, Germany takes first step to cut Russian gas reliance (Wall Street Journal $)