** A United Nations report compiles the latest scientific findings on climate change and shows a gathering disaster unless nations take swift, dramatic action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The report’s key message is that global warming is occurring more rapidly, and with more quickly worsening effects, than most past models had predicted.
** The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Petroleum Supply Monthly trade data show that the United States exported more crude oil and petroleum products than it imported during the first half of 2021 by 120,000 barrels per day (b/d), or less than 1% of combined crude oil and petroleum product exports and imports.
** The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fined Enbridge Inc $3.32 million, citing the Canadian company’s failure to follow environmental laws during the construction of its Line 3 oil pipeline replacement.
** U.S. mining companies are blasting proposals in Congress that would set royalties for copper, lithium and other minerals extracted from federal land, with executives saying the measures would hurt domestic production of the building blocks for solar panels, electric vehicles and other green technologies.
** British Airways just flew what’s it’s calling a “perfect flight” – its first carbon-neutral passenger flight using recycled cooking oil. Tuesday’s Flight BA1476 from London’s Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport was powered by a mix of bp sustainable aviation fuel, made from recycled oil, and traditional jet fuel to meet aviation certification standards, according to the airline.
** Exxon Mobil’s planned carbon-capture project on the Gulf Coast in Texas wins support from 11 of the world’s biggest refiners and chemical manufacturers.
** Texas climate change activists call out seven congressional Democrats from the state for resisting the Biden administration’s attempt to repeal fossil fuel subsidies to help pay for a $3.5 trillion budget bill.
** North Dakota’s attorney general says more time is needed to negotiate with federal officials over law enforcement costs related to Dakota Access pipeline protests.
** Ford plans to invest $250 million and add 450 jobs to produce the electrified version of its F-150 truck.
** General Motors announces an extended pause on Chevrolet Bolt production as the company resolves battery defects.
** The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to lease 600 acres of Utah public land that has been pre-vetted for solar development.
** Environmental groups sue the Biden administration over a regulation allowing oil and gas development to disturb polar bears and walruses.
** Firefighters wrap giant sequoia trees with aluminum blankets to protect them from the KNP Complex blaze burning in California’s Sequoia National Park.