** Quebec announces it will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 according to Reuters.
** A coalition of utilities, electric vehicle makers and mineral producers have formed a new association called the Zero Emission Transportation Association to push for 100 percent electric vehicle sales by 2030, reported POLITICO.
** Canadian officials claim Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision to shut down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac will cost thousands of jobs and raise gasoline prices reported the Detroit Free Press.
** A federal court temporarily blocks Mountain Valley Pipeline from crossing rivers and streams while it considers arguments from environmental groups reported West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
** Protesters rally around three western Virginia tree sitters blocking the Mountain Valley Pipeline as a judge’s deadline for them to leave passed on Monday.
** The Bureau of Land Management pushes ahead with plans for an oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming that includes 244,000 acres of sage grouse habitat reported E&E News.
** The Associated Press reports Alaska officials say the state has lost more than 3,000 oil and gas jobs this year due to the economic downturn.
** Incoming Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte names leaders of coal and oil industry groups, but no environmental advocates, to an advisory council to review environmental appointees according to the Helena Independent Record.