CLEAN ENERGY: For every dollar the Inflation Reduction Act put toward clean energy incentives,  policy analysts say the private sector has matched $5.47, totaling nearly $750 billion in the first year after the law passed. (Grist)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: 

  • The Biden administration is expected to roll out a strategy for installing electric semi-truck chargers throughout the country, with a plan coming as soon as today. (The Hill)
  • Manufacturing electric vehicles initially creates more carbon emissions than making gasoline-powered cars, though EVs overcome the emissions difference within roughly two years, a new report finds. (E&E News, subscription)
  • North Carolina leads the country with $8.9 billion in new electric vehicle manufacturing and battery supply chain investments since August, and trails only Georgia and Michigan on investments in recent years, a new report finds. (Raleigh News & Observer)

CLIMATE: 

  • Former President Trump’s allies craft a plan to once again exit the Paris Agreement if the Republican is elected, and pull out from the treaty underpinning the climate deal so it’s harder for another president to rejoin. (E&E News)
  • A Biden administration official notes the significance of states and cities covering more than 96% of the U.S. population crafting climate action plans to compete for Inflation Reduction Act funding. (CNN)
  • Michael Bloomberg’s charity will put $200 million toward helping 25 U.S. cities access federal funding for emissions-reducing programs. (Axios)

OIL & GAS: 

COAL:

  • The U.S., Canada and Indigenous groups announce a plan to tackle British Columbia coal mine pollution contaminating Northwest rivers and lakes. (Associated Press)
  • Industry groups argue in court that the U.S. EPA’s 2015 coal ash rules don’t specifically bar coal ash at an Ohio power plant from contact with groundwater, and that the agency’s enforcement efforts amount to new federal rulemaking. (Energy News Network)

PIPELINES:

  • An Indigenous attorney recounts a frustrating experience testifying in a case between North Dakota and the federal government over Dakota Access pipeline costs, noting tribal sovereignty is at the heart of the case. (North Dakota Monitor)
  • Residents who live along the Mountain Valley Pipeline complain that Virginia regulators are ignoring erosion and pollution complaints as construction nears completion. (WVTF)

BUILDINGS: A New York City public housing pilot project currently underway shows promise in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and making apartments more comfortable through window-mounted heat pumps. (Associated Press)

GRID: Connecticut regulators approve the first round of pilot projects in a new program aimed at testing innovative hardware and software to decarbonize the electric grid. (Energy News Network)

MINING: Tribal nation citizens urge a federal human rights commission to push back on a predicted uranium mining boom, saying Indigenous communities continue to suffer from Cold War-era extraction of the fuel. (Inside Climate News)

BIOFUELS: California advocates call on the state to overhaul its low-carbon fuel standard program to support and fund electric vehicles and charging infrastructure rather than biofuels. (Canary Media)

COMMENTARY: An ecologist suggests that solar projects designed to have synergy with agriculture and ecosystems can preserve farmland and natural environments as the U.S. builds out solar arrays. (The Conversation)

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