(ENVIRONMENTAL) RACISM: Audubon fostered toxic work culture for women and people of color, probe confirms (Politico, E&E $), ‘oppressive policy’: racial justice organizations condemn Black Lives Matter ban at Olympics (NewsOne)
MEDIA: How broadcast TV news covered environmental justice over the past four years (Media Matters)
DENIAL: Sean Hannity goes full nihilist over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s climate plans (HuffPost)
AGENCIES: Vilsack: no decision yet on copper mine near Boundary Waters (E&E $), watchdog says EPA should update air rules for cancer-causing pollutants (Politico Pro $), Granholm eyes federal assistance for at-risk reactors (E&E $, Politico Pro $, Reuters), [DOI] scrap[s] Trump rule to restore migratory bird protections (E&E $, Politico Pro $)
LAWSUITS: Enviros sue Army Corps over $500 mln Wisconsin-to-Iowa power line (Reuters), Meet 5 Republican AGs fighting Biden on climate (E&E $)
THE HILL: Feud breaks out among GOP lawmakers over Snake River dams (AP)
HOUSE: Panel OKs oil and gas bills after name-calling, finger-pointing (E&E $), top Democrat [Rep. Jamie Raskin] wants to fix FERC's 'dystopian nightmare' (E&E $), 'we are simply not ready' for EV charging at scale, House Republicans say, warning of China dependence (Utility Dive)
SENATE: Barrasso invokes Solyndra to fight Biden green agenda (E&E $)
WHITE HOUSE: Biden to visit storm-battered Louisiana to tout infrastructure spending (Reuters), Climate change drives migrants to U.S. border, Harris says (E&E $), Biden's conservation plan puts WOTUS in the crosshairs (E&E $), Biden promises to ‘build back better.’ Some climate experts see trouble. (New York Times $)
CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: U.N. chief urges 'substantial' G7 climate aid pledges (Reuters), climate finance hopes for poor nations shift to G7 summit as Merkel disappoints (Thomson Reuters Foundation), Britain to use G-7 meeting to press for climate finance (AP)
CITIES AND STATES: New tool called ‘Vulcan’ could help cities better estimate their carbon dioxide emissions (Yale Climate Connections), battle rages over Pa. plan to join RGGI (E&E $), N.Y. grid chief: 2040 carbon goal 'extremely challenging' (E&E $, Utility Dive), New Mexico proposes more rules to curb oil and gas emissions (AP), Will Oklahoma disrupt Biden's 100% clean energy goal? (E&E $)
MICHIGAN: Michigan groups press Congress to pass tougher methane rules (Detroit Metro-Times), critics say report to Michigan climate council is too conservative on renewables (Energy News Network)
FERC: FERC issues 'compromise' order on pipeline, landowner rights (E&E $)
IMPACTS: NOAA's 'new normal' climate report is anything but normal (CBS), melting ice in the Alps has revealed World War I relics (Earther)
THERE'S A METAPHOR HERE SOMEWHERE: Goats return to Reagan Library to eat and create a firebreak (AP, Ventura County Star)
RENEWABLES: Renewables to grow far faster than oil sector expects, Rystad says (Reuters), new Sunpower CEO wants buying solar as easy as Amazon purchases (Bloomberg $), the Chinese government needs to become a clean energy supermajor (Bloomberg $), Amazon Web Services looks to help clean energy startups take flight (Axios), Massachusetts sees more competition to bulk up offshore wind infrastructure (Energy News Network), top wind turbine maker [Vestas] plans to raise prices (Bloomberg $)
SOLAR INDUSTRY: America’s solar workforce fell by almost 7% in 2020, but industry hopes for a significant rebound (CNBC)(Reuters)(E&E $), solar industry crimped by supply-chain and logistical challenges (Bloomberg $)
PIPELINES: Biden admin asks court to drop Keystone XL lawsuit (E&E $)
COAL: Striking Alabama coal miners are prepared for a long fight (The Real News), Malaysia's Maybank to stop financing new coal activities (Reuters)
HYDROGEN: SoCalGas to test new electrolysis technology said to significantly cut green hydrogen costs (Utility Dive), using hydrogen fuel risks locking in reliance on fossil fuels, researchers warn (The Guardian)
UTILITIES: Utilities can’t be for the Paris Agreement and against building electrification (Canary Media), Arizona utility regulators reject 100% clean energy rules (AP), Dominion looks to leverage offshore wind permitting experience amid $26B clean energy push (Utility Dive), Dominion ditches PJM capacity market, citing MOPR (Politico Pro $), Duke Energy shareholders vote to mandate disclosure of corporate political donations (Politico Pro $), Exelon CEO: replacing nuclear with renewables, storage to meet carbon goals could cost Illinois $80B (Utility Dive), How Berkshire Hathaway fed investors a flawed narrative about their climate progress (Grist)
WATER: ‘I’m scared of getting sick from the water’ (High Country News)
EVs: The lithium gold rush: inside the race to power electric vehicles (New York Times $), with local supply chains, electric vehicles can be good for jobs (Energy Monitor)
MINERALS: Copper must rally 50% for supply to meet demand, Glencore chief says (FT $), the supply crunch that could slow the climate fight (Axios), we need 6 times more minerals to meet our clean energy goals (Earther)
DOG BITES MAN: Texas governor backs Exxon Mobil petition in climate case (Reuters), top U.S. fund leader wants voluntary climate disclosure rules (Reuters)
⏰ 💰💣 : Why climate change is a ticking economic time bomb (and what we can do about it) (CNBC)
BITCOIN: This power plant stopped burning fossil fuels. Then Bitcoin came along. (Grist)
CARBON PRICING: Tesla to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in emission credit sales (FT $)
FINANCE: BlackRock claims climate wins; greens say 'jury's still out' (E&E $)
INTERNATIONAL: Argentina launches 'Green Mondays' drive in bid to cut emissions (Axios)