(ENVIRONMENTAL) RACISM: ‘There is nowhere I feel safe’: Election workers targeted by Trump describe flood of sexist, racist threats (The 19th* News, Black Wall Street Times, AP), Immigrants disappear while detained by the US, leaving loved ones and advocates in the dark about their welfare and whereabouts (Prism Reports)
BUILDING BLOCKS: Cement carbon dioxide emissions quietly double in 20 years (AP)
FOSSIL FUELED WAR: EU signals shift to coal, accuses Russia of 'rogue moves' on gas (Reuters)
REPUTATION LAUNDERING: Money funds may be next target in fight against greenwashing (Bloomberg $), Japan on alert for greenwashing as it lends $40 billion for ESG (Bloomberg $)
- PRIDEWASHING: Exxon’s rainbow smokescreen (Atmos)
CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: Global climate goal could be in peril without carbon price reform (Reuters)
FINANCE: BlackRock’s former head of sustainable investing says the ‘vacuous’ debate over ‘woke capitalism’ is derailing climate action (Fortune), Brookfield raises $15 bln for climate-focused fund (Reuters), Credit Agricole to cut financing of oil and gas emissions (Reuters), Ex-BOE governor Mark Carney’s fund raises $15 billion for energy transition (Bloomberg $)
LIFE, LIBERTY, AND SUVs: Gas prices aren't leading to less driving — yet (Axios), High gas prices hit demand as drivers cut back at the pump (Wall Street Journal $)
MEDIA: Laws targeting free speech about abortion would put journalists in the line of fire (Prism Reports)
WEST AFRICA: Nigeria's homes are vanishing into the sea from climate change (Reuters)
EAST AFRICA: Somalia: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis we’ve ever seen’ (The Guardian)
SOUTH ASIA: Rain-triggered floods in Bangladesh conjure climate warnings (Reuters), Ukraine and Covid leave aid agencies struggling to respond to Bangladesh floods (Climate Home)
RECORD OIL & GAS PROFITS: The big inflation driver that Powell's Fed can't fight (Politico Pro $)
US HEATWAVE: Maps show how climate change influences today’s temperatures across the US (Bloomberg $), 'Stifling': extreme heat hammers the US (Gizmodo), CNN climate crisis correspondent Bill Weir is in New Orleans where extreme heat made it feel well more than 100 degrees (CNN), Dangerous heat wave sets in across the US (NBC), Records to topple in southeast amid ‘dangerous’ heat near 105 degrees (Washington Post $), A week of highs: see where climate change made heat worse in America (Washington Post $)
SCOTUS: The Supreme Court case that could doom US climate goals (New York Times, The Daily $)
AGENCIES: Forest Service says it failed to account for climate change when it accidentally caused historic New Mexico fire (CNBC)
EXECUTIVE BRANCH: Navy to test how climate change will affect future conflicts (The Hill), BlackRock urges SEC to change climate-risk disclosure plan (Bloomberg $), Small businesses plead with SEC to show restraint on climate rules (Wall Street Journal $)
WHITE HOUSE: Biden’s inner circle debates future of offshore drilling (New York Times $), Black advocates challenge Biden on reluctance to sign executive order for reparations commission (The Grio), Deep rift lies behind Biden's criticism of oil and gas industry (Reuters), Why Biden is stuck on gas prices (Axios)
- GAS TAX: Biden calls for three-month suspension of federal gas tax but faces long odds of getting Congress on board (CNN, Politico, CNBC, The Hill, Axios, Bloomberg $, USA Today), Biden wants a gas tax holiday. Some economists say that's a bad idea (NPR) Trucking, environmental groups line up to oppose a gas tax holiday (Politico Pro $), Will Biden’s gas tax holiday make a difference? (New York Times $)
THE HILL: Hoyer: ‘I don’t know’ if we have the votes to pass a gas tax holiday (The Hill)
HOUSE: Fiscal 2023 spending allocations clear House committee (Politico Pro $)
SENATE: Democrats may drop another clean energy proposal to appease Manchin (Washington Post $), Manchin opposing energy payments seen blunting value of credits (Bloomberg $)
TRIBES: On Washington’s Colville reservation, solar-powered microfarm looks to prove model to boost food, energy sovereignty (Energy News Network and Crosscut)
CITIES AND STATES: ‘Free public transport works’: a Q&A with Boston mayor Michelle Wu (The Guardian), Florida solidifies its status as the nation’s waste-to-energy capital with supportive new law (Utility Dive), Las Vegas declares turf war on lawns as drought worsens (Reuters), New Jersey releases blueprint for landmark environmental justice law (Grist), Nevada Supreme Court ruling shakes up groundwater rights (AP)
- CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles may ban new gas stations to help combat climate emergency (The Guardian), California emissions, carbon neutrality plan draws criticism (AP), Head of California wildfire victim trust fund resigns (AP)
IMPACTS: Video of dead sheep on a mountain can be traced back to 2021 (Reuters, Fact Check), Scientists probe link between 'snow blood' and climate change (Reuters, Gizmodo), Extreme weather hits China with massive floods and scorching heat (New York Times $)
HEAT: This could be the coolest summer of the rest of your life (Vox), This summer, rising temperatures cause concern for agricultural workers (Prism Reports), Fans, sprinklers and cold baths for cows: India’s dairy farmers face searing heat (The Guardian), In world's first, Spain's Seville to name and classify heatwaves (Reuters)
WILDFIRES: Wildfire in southwest Turkey whipped up by wind and heat (Reuters, AP), Lower your home’s fire risk (and insurance) with these steps (Bloomberg $), Arizona wildfires gut observatory buildings, endanger artifacts (Washington Post $), Wildfire threatens unspoiled Georgia island rich in history (AP), Turkey battles wind-driven wildfire near resort for 3rd day (AP)
HURRICANES: Storm’s damages put focus on Cuba’s dire housing crisis (AP)
DEFORESTATION: Norway ready to resume Amazon payments to Brazil if elections change government -minister (Reuters)
RENEWABLES: Solar developers pledge $6 billion to boost US manufacturing (Bloomberg $)
BATTERIES: Can flow batteries supercharge the energy transition? (Energy Monitor)
BUILDINGS: Slashing emissions and energy bills: Home upgrades key to green revolution (Thomson Reuters Foundation), The Chicago Bungalow Association is making the city’s vintage homes more energy-efficient (Yale Climate Connections)
STORAGE: Energy storage soars despite international and national supply challenges: report (Utility Dive)
EFFICIENCY: How energy-efficiency upgrades can improve your health (Yale Climate Connections)
LNG: Cheniere Energy authorizes expansion at Texas LNG export plant (Reuters), US gas exporters sign flurry of deals as Europe searches for supply (FT $), Global natural gas buyers jostle for US LNG with Chevron, Ineos deals (Bloomberg $), Qatar to demand EU sign long-term LNG deals if it wants more gas (Bloomberg $), Chevron to buy LNG from two Venture Global facilities in Louisiana (The Advocate), US gas exporters sign flurry of deals as Europe searches for supply (FT $)
OIL & GAS: Dallas Cowboys owner scores on billion-dollar natural-gas gambit (Wall Street Journal $), David Faber on investigating Exxon and whether it’s truly committed to fighting climate change (CNBC)
COAL: Coal investments set to rise 10% this year as nations fret over energy security (CNBC), India power giant weighs new plants as coal phase-out must wait (Bloomberg $)
NUKES: Could Germany keep its nuclear plants running? (Reuters, explainer)
HYDROGEN: Reliance seeks new technologies to make cheaper green hydrogen (Bloomberg $)
GRID: PJM capacity prices fall 32% with more nuclear, solar capacity clearing in the latest auction (Utility Dive)
EVs: Electric trucks get boost from multi-megawatt charging stations (Bloomberg $), Ford picks Spain for production of new electric vehicle (Wall Street Journal $), BMW opens electric-car plant in China (Wall Street Journal $)
STEEL: Direct-reduced iron becomes steel decarbonization winner (S&P Global)
HOPE: The optimist’s guide to addressing the climate crisis (Dame Magazine)
ACTIVISM: Mindful of its impact on the planet, the art world aims for sustainability (New York Times $)
RELIGION: Christians in Oxford asked to commit to protecting environment (The Guardian)
AVIATION: ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-powered test plane is nearly ready for takeoff (Canary Media)
AGRICULTURE: Can we avoid climate-related food shocks? (FT $), Climate tech investors pivot to ag tech (Axios), Small-scale farmers are extremely vulnerable to climate change, says United Nations agency (CNBC)
BUSINESS: Unilever CEO has ‘no idea’ how it will meet full net-zero target (Bloomberg $)
CARBON PRICING: Carbon pricing needs ‘radical redesign,’ says asset owner group (Bloomberg $)
TRASH: Trash-to-gas isn't a fairytale climate solution (Gizmodo)
WILDLIFE: Protecting Mexico’s iconic salamander means saving one of the country’s most important wetlands (Inside Climate News), Push to halt biodiversity loss with legally binding EU targets (FT $)
INTERNATIONAL: A floating city in the Maldives begins to take shape (CNN), EU to sanction trade partners that flout green, labour values (Reuters), In climate fight, EU lawmakers back stricter emission caps (AP, Politico Pro $), Trudeau’s oil pipeline is a ‘net loss’ for taxpayers, watchdog says (Bloomberg $), Commonwealth heads expected to endorse climate charter (AP)