(ENVIRONMENTAL) RACISM: Canada lists Proud Boys as a terrorist group, alongside ISIS and al-Qaeda (NPR, Washington Post $), will Flint water trial spark more court battles for environmental justice? (Truthout), GOP states weigh limits on how race and slavery are taught (Washington Post $)
FLACKS: PR firms need to dump Big Oil. This guy wants to help them do it. (Grist)
TRANSPORTATION JUSTICE: Environmental justice advocates push Virginia to act on regional transportation pact (Energy News Network)
VOTING AND DEMOCRACY: Inside the battle for Fulton County’s votes (WABE and Atlanta Magazine, NPR)
AGENCIES: BLM restores conservation 'mission' language (E&E $), DOJ, Apache group debate religion in copper mine dispute (E&E $), FEMA climate grants wrapped in red tape, says GAO (E&E $), SEC appoints first climate adviser (E&E $)
EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Biden creates new climate adviser role at NASA (Washington Post $), USDA research agencies 'decimated' by forced move. Undoing the damage won't be easy (NPR)
THE HILL: Testing. Republicans practice Biden climate attacks (E&E $), Dems, pushed by Biden, vote to launch reconciliation debate (E&E $), Biden climate, energy agenda faces early Senate test (E&E $), Schumer instructs committees to hold climate hearings (Politico Pro $), power-sharing deal in hand, Schumer turns to climate change (E&E $)
POLITICS: Biden bet big on climate. Will the GOP raise, call or fold? (E&E $), Biden team in talks with utilities, car companies about emissions: climate adviser (Reuters)
AGENDA: President Biden has the most ambitious climate change plan in US history. Will it be enough to save the planet? (Mother Jones)
CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: U.N. Secretary General says he’s talked to Climate Envoy John Kerry about areas of key concern (Washington Post $), UN climate chief urges world 'in a tough spot' to keep fighting warming (Thomson Reuters Foundation), WTO deputy promotes reviving talks on environmental goods (Politico Pro $)
NOMINEES & CONFIRMATIONS: Senate [Commerce] advances Raimondo nomination for Commerce Department (Politico Pro $, E&E $), Biden’s EPA nominee vows ‘urgency’ on climate change (Washington Post $, AP, The Hill, Politico Pro $), US Senate Energy Committee votes 13-4 to approve nomination of Granholm to head Energy Department (Reuters, Politico Pro $), DOE pick Granholm signals support for LNG exports (Axios), Vilsack says he'll focus on climate change initiatives in second stint as agriculture secretary (CBS)
REGAN HEARING: Five takeaways from the Michael Regan hearing (E&E $), EPA nominee Michael Regan to pursue Biden pledge to poor and minorities hurt by pollution (Washington Examiner), in North Carolina, EPA nominee Michael Regan opened his door to activists — and industry (Grist), Michael Regan's coal ash cleanups set template for EPA regs (E&E $), President Biden’s EPA nominee says he will work with business (Wall Street Journal $), Republicans press Regan on Biden's climate agenda (E&E $), in Regan's hearing, Gina McCarthy was the target (E&E $)
TRANSITION, PERSONNEL: Native American Rights Fund lawyer appointed to Interior (AP), Gavin Schmidt is NASA's 1st senior climate adviser (E&E $), Interior Department adds diverse appointees (E&E $)
FERC: Glick: MOPR is 'not sustainable' (Politico Pro $), new FERC commissioner Clements targets revamping 'outdated' pipeline policy (S&P Global $)
IMPACTS: The terrifying warning lurking in the earth’s ancient rock record (The Atlantic), the world’s wetlands are slipping away. This vibrant sanctuary underscores the stakes. (National Geographic), oil drilling on sensitive New Mexico public lands puts drinking water, rare caves at risk (National Geographic)
RENEWABLES: Renewables expected to replace coal by 2033, says Morgan Stanley (The Hill), the Empire State Building and its related buildings are now powered by wind (Washington Post $)
OIL & GAS: Oil giants Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips post massive losses to cap off challenging 2020 (Houston Chronicle), company claims world's first CO2-neutral oil. Is that true? (E&E $), US crude output to keep rising, but gasoline demand is past its peak -EIA (Reuters)
PIPELINES: Living with natural gas pipelines: Appalachian landowners describe fear, anxiety and loss (The Conversation), $1T of potential losses in the pipeline for oil and gas financiers (Greentech Media), Ilhan Omar wants Line 3 to get the Keystone XL treatment (E&E $, The Hill)
COAL: How steel might finally kick its coal habit (Grist), US to eliminate coal electricity in 12 years — report (E&E $)
HYDROGEN: 11 companies form coalition to boost low-CO2 hydrogen (E&E $)
UTILITIES: 161 seconds: Quick depletion of Duke solar rebates raises questions about future (Energy News Network)
EVs: As electric vehicle sales grow, so will the need for home chargers (Axios), California leads US sprint towards electric vehicles (Thomson Reuters Foundation), in GM’s new Super Bowl ad, Will Ferrell loves EVs — and hates Norway (Grist), Washington state bill would require all new cars be electric by 2030 (The Hill)
DEFORESTATION: Indonesia's palm oil-powered 'green diesel' fuels threat to forests (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
FINANCE: IMF to roll out new method to judge debt sustainability (Reuters)
INTERNATIONAL: A new coal mine undercuts UK's claim to climate leadership (Bloomberg $), court convicts French state for failure to address climate crisis (The Guardian, New York Times $), Germany lifts climate targets for transport sector (Reuters)