** New data indicates Permian Basin oil and gas production is now close to pre-pandemic levels.
** A company developing what it says is the first plant converting food waste and wastewater into natural gas won initial approval from a California agency Tuesday to raise $13 million in the tax-exempt debt market to finance it.
** The nation’s largest coal miners’ union said Monday it would accept President Joe Biden’s plan to move away from coal and other fossil fuels in exchange for a “true energy transition” that includes thousands of jobs in renewable energy and spending on technology to make coal cleaner.
** Chinese coal consumption is poised to hit a record this year, according to a closely watched global tracking firm, a bump up that contradicts the view held by many climate change and energy experts that coal burning in the world’s second-biggest economy and largest polluter had peaked.
** Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035 in what he hailed as the world’s most ambitious climate change target that would put the country on track to become a net zero producer.
** So far 17 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders setting goals for reaching 100% clean electricity by 2050 or sooner. And 46 U.S. utilities have pledged to go carbon-free.
** Dozens of U.S. and Brazilian celebrities, including film actor Leonardo DiCaprio, pop star Katy Perry and musician Gilberto Gil, released a letter on Tuesday urging U.S. President Joe Biden not to agree to any environmental deals with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro.
** Ohio officials estimate that it could take decades to cap upwards of 100,000 abandoned oil and gas wells in the state.
** A protester locks herself to Mountain Valley Pipeline equipment in Virginia to delay construction for four hours before she is extracted and arrested, while more than 60 conversation and environmental groups call on federal regulators to suspend the project.
** This weekend’s runoff election for Louisiana’s 2nd District features two candidates with sharply differing views of the district’s oil and natural gas industries, with one accepting nearly $20,000 in industry money despite a campaign pledge against it.
** General Motors projects a new electric vehicle battery plant built with LG Energy Solution and Ultium Cells at its Spring Hill plant in Tennessee will be operational by late 2023.
** Florida lawmakers advance legislation to prohibit localities from regulating gas stations, including requiring them to include electric vehicle chargers.