Fossil fuel lobbyists’ 50-year playbook

OIL & GAS: A think tank’s report documents how the top U.S. gas lobbying groups and two European counterparts have used the same arguments for more than 50 years to promote the continued use of fossil fuels. (OpenSecrets)

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ALSO:

• Democratic U.S. lawmakers from Western states call on federal regulators to cancel oil and gas leases for companies suspected of colluding to drive up commodity prices. (DeSmog)
• Federal regulators announce a record settlement with Marathon Oil, which will pay $241.5 million in penalties for various Clean Air Act violations in North Dakota. (Inforum)

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

• Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm discusses how newly allocated funding to help auto factories make electric vehicles could boost domestic manufacturing, affect the power grid, and factor into the election. (Grist)
• A North Carolina-based electric vehicle charging company attracts Honda, Hyundai, GM, Toyota and five other auto manufacturers to sign on to its plan to build 30,000 charging stations across the U.S. (WTVD)

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NUCLEAR: The success of a newly signed law boosting small nuclear will depend on the makeup of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which hinges on the next president, industry experts say. (E&E News)

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HYDROGEN: U.S. Senate Democrats call on the Treasury secretary to relax rules for federal hydrogen industry subsidies, which require the use of only clean energy generated at the same time as the hydrogen fuel. (The Hill)

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CLEAN ENERGY:

• The Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho looks to develop 5,311 MW of solar generating capacity to replace generation lost if and when the federal government decommissions four Northwest hydropower dams. (High Country News)
• Wisconsin has experienced a “monumental jump” in clean energy development under Gov. Tony Evers as Democrats have focused on its economic benefits rather than climate change. (Inside Climate News)

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GRID:

• The U.S. Energy Information Agency prepares a second effort to survey cryptocurrency miners on their energy use. (Inside Climate News)
• CenterPoint Energy says half a million Houston residents likely won’t have electricity until next week after losing power during Hurricane Beryl, angering residents and leading the state’s lieutenant governor to declare the situation is “not acceptable.” (Associated Press)

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CLIMATE: A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge throws out the city’s climate accountability lawsuit against several major oil companies, saying the case sought to go “beyond the limits of Maryland state law.” (Reuters; E&E News, subscription)

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HYDROPOWER: An Oregon university begins construction of the nation’s first utility-scale wave power testing site along the state’s central coast. (KOIN)

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