** The infrastructure deal struck by a group of bipartisan senators and President Joe Biden on Thursday includes partial funding by a proposed $6 billion sale from the U.S. emergency oil reserve, according to a document circulated by Republican lawmakers.
** About 285,000 Tesla vehicles in China will have their Autopilot software updated remotely because drivers were accidentally turning it on, a state agency said on Saturday.
** Certain business groups, including those representing oil and gas companies and retailers, are warning the Securities and Exchange Commission that climate disclosure requirements could subject them to high costs, especially disadvantaging smaller companies and deterring their growth.
** More than 1 million abandoned wells are scattered across the U.S., left behind when oil and gas companies cease operations. The wells are insidiously becoming an environmental threat as they leak methane, a major contributor to climate change.
** New legislation that would grant tax credits to accelerate solar energy manufacturing in the U.S. aims to make America competitive with China, in an industry China dominates globally. Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff (D), the bill’s sponsor, said it could also create up to 60,000 new jobs in the next decade
** The German automotive giant Volkswagen plans to halt production of petrol and diesel engines for European models as soon as 2033, as it accelerates towards electric vehicles.
** In a rare move, the Ohio Power Siting Board unanimously rejected plans for a large, commercial-scale wind farm in northwest Ohio. Citing well-organized public opposition from Seneca County residents and a long list of their elected officials, the OPSB said it will not allow the proposed Republic Wind Farm project to proceed.
** Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., believes President Biden’s energy policies demonstrate that he is “being held hostage by the far-left wing of his party.”
** A new analysis by a public lands advocacy group tallies more than 30,000 abandoned oil and gas wells within 30 miles of national parks.
** California’s buildup of wind and solar power, along with falling prices of renewables, threaten to render the Pacific Northwest’s hydroelectric dams obsolete, according to a soon-to-be published report.
** Developers propose a 70-turbine wind project in South Dakota.
** A North Dakota panel takes no action on new settlement offers from energy companies that owe the state millions of dollars in unpaid oil and gas royalties.