CLIMATE LITIGATION: Biden DOJ: cheerleader Snapchat case 'irrelevant' to Juliana (E&E $), inside a legal doctrine that could silence enviros in court (E&E $)
IMPACTS' IMPACTS: It’s not a border crisis. It’s a climate crisis. (Politico Magazine)
AGENCIES: Biden administration, workers grapple with health threats posed by climate change and heat (Washington Post $), FEMA chief heads West as large wildfires rage, heat wave peaks (Axios)
DOE: What’s an energyshed? The government wants to know. (Grist)
DOI: Biden proposes restoring 3.4 million acres of northern spotted owl habitat, reversing Trump rule (Washington Post $)
DOT: Secretary Pete Buttigieg: “We've gotta break this false narrative of climate versus jobs” (MSNBC)
EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Fed workers ask lawmakers to climate-proof their nest eggs (E&E $)
THE HILL: Climate hearings to probe high heat, global talks, resilience (E&E $), GOP split over infrastructure messaging (Axios), how Democrats hope to enact Biden domestic agenda (AP explainer)
HOUSE: House Democrats set vote on sweeping PFAS bill (E&E $)
SENATE: Manchin could get top role in writing clean energy standard (E&E $)
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL(S): Advocates say bigger deal needed to meet climate crisis (The Hill), not dead yet: how Senate Democrats aim to pass climate policy without Republicans (Grist), Democrats to propose a border tax based on countries’ greenhouse gas emissions (New York Times $)(Reuters), lawmakers working on bipartisan infrastructure bill face new obstacles. (New York Times $), pivotal week for infrastructure as 2 key deadlines await (E&E $)
NOMINEES & CONFIRMATIONS: Biden to tap former Hill aide for top Treasury post overseeing financial rules (Wall Street Journal $)
CITIES AND STATES: Challenge to Berkeley gas regulation dismissed, a win for cities in carbon emissions fight (Utility Dive), Eric Adams said next to nothing about climate change during New York’s recent mayoral primary (InsideClimate News)
CALIFORNIA: Sources: Newsom to name Lauren Sanchez as new senior climate adviser (Politico Pro $)
FERC: Gridlock in transmission queues spotlights need for FERC action on planning (Utility Dive)
IMPACTS: Climate crisis to blame for extreme record-breaking conditions (CNN), Portland, OR locals discuss the intersection of climate & infrastructure: 'climate change is here' (MSNBC), ‘canary in the coalmine’: climate change becoming big factor for Idaho winemakers (Idaho Capital Sun), climate-driven changes in clouds are likely to amplify global warming (InsideClimate News), as temperatures rise, 'aliens' threaten Nepal's oldest national park (Thomson Reuters Foundation), climate change and tornadoes: any connection? (Yale Climate Connections), two dams in China's Inner Mongolia collapse after torrential rain (Reuters), climate change is making poison ivy stronger and itchier (Grist), extreme summer (New York Times $)
FLOODING: Flood me once, shame on me. Flood me twice, shame on FEMA? (Grist), coral reefs prevent more than $1.8 billion a year in US flood damage (Yale Climate Connections)
FLOODING, INDIA: Heavy rains cripple Indian cities; at least 35 killed (Reuters)
FLOODING, EUROPE: How deadly flooding in Germany and Belgium exposed Europe's climate change hubris (TIME), hundreds missing in Europe floods are safe, even as death toll rises (New York Times $), German government rejects accusations of flood preparedness failures (Reuters), deadly floods inundated parts of Europe, but the Netherlands avoided fatalities. Here’s why (CNN)
HEAT: UK issues first-ever extreme heat warning (Earther), hot days drive up workplace accidents, injuries (E&E $)
DROUGHT: Thousands of flamingos in Turkey killed in devastating drought (Earther), to our relatives in the water (Atmos), what the megadrought means to the American West (CBS)
WILDFIRES: Doctors issue official guidance on effects of air pollution and bushfire smoke on pregnant people (The Guardian), wildfires in Russia’s Siberia could endanger a power plant (AP), DC-area forecast: seasonally summery but sometimes smoky (Washington Post $), 'we can’t see each other': fires rage across Siberia amid dryest summer in 150 years (EuroNews)
BOOTLEG FIRE: How bad is the bootleg fire? it’s generating its own weather. (New York Times $), size of Oregon wildfire underscores vastness of the US West (Washington Post $), calls for outside help as extreme weather fuels Oregon fires (AP), sprawling Oregon blaze expands, forcing firefighters, residents into retreat (Reuters)
MANAGED RETREAT: To flee, or to stay until the end and be swallowed by the sea (InsideClimate News)
THEY'RE BACK: Feral hogs pollute the climate as much as 1 million cars each year (Earther, The Guardian)
EMISSIONS: Emissions could hit new record by 2023 without more green spending (Bloomberg $)
RENEWABLES: 'Postcard from the future': Hawaii solar fight could echo nationally (E&E $)
BATTERIES: The grid battery boom has triggered a supply shortage (Canary Media)
OIL & GAS: Exxon turns to company outsider [Kathryn Mikells] to fill CFO role (Wall Street Journal $, Wall Street Journal $), peak oil demand? Not so fast, report says (E&E $), Saudi-owned Motiva suspends $6.6 billion petrochemical expansion (Wall Street Journal $), climate talk overtakes ‘growth’ on fossil fuel conference calls (Bloomberg $)
CARBON CAPTURE: ‘A shocking failure’: Chevron criticised for missing carbon capture target at WA gas project (The Guardian)
PIPELINES: 6-year court battle ends over Maine oil pipeline (E&E $), court axes appeal over Trump's Keystone XL permit (E&E $)
COAL: Canadian country music star spurs unlikely coalition against coal (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
HYDROGEN: In Connecticut, another boost for fuel cell industry reignites subsidy debate (Energy News Network)
UTILITIES: PG&E says it may have sparked Dixie Fire in northern California (Bloomberg $)
(ALLEGED) UTILITY CORRUPTION: A year out, $60M bribery scandal felt in business, politics (AP), FirstEnergy fights consumer watchdog’s request for records on company’s internal investigation (Cleveland Plain-Dealer)
SPACE: Billionaire 'space race' renews 1960s debate over spending inequality and space travel (MSNBC), space tourism is a waste (Earther),
FINANCE: Generate Capital collects $2 billion for new bets on sustainable infrastructure (Wall Street Journal $, Axios), Japan's central bank moved on climate. What about the Fed? (E&E $), sustainable investments account for more than a third of global assets (Reuters)
OLYMPICS: Just cancel the damn Olympics already (Earther)
INTERNATIONAL: China’s carbon trading debut is a mixed bag (Wall Street Journal $), EU bets big on its flagship carbon market (Energy Monitor), National Grid to lose Great Britain electricity role to independent operator (The Guardian), Russia's central bank advises companies to disclose ESG agenda (Reuters)
MADLIBS HEADLINES: Polar bears and wind energy: New York's climate change-themed mini golf course (Reuters)