** Louisiana officials are investigating the cause of a massive methane cloud that was spotted on satellite imagery, Bloomberg reports. A plume of the gas — the highest concentration of the powerful greenhouse gas spotted by the satellite in the U.S. since October — was detected on Jan. 21.
** Wind energy advocates say a series of bills before Kansas lawmakers would limit wind development and make it one of the most restrictive states in the nation.
** A coalition of environmental groups sues the Biden administration over its Utah railway approval, saying it ignored the impact of extracting and burning up to 350,000 barrels of crude oil the railroad is expected to carry daily.
** NextEra Energy prepares to expand its 140 MW solar facility outside Roswell, New Mexico, by an additional 30 MW.
** Union officials on Monday agreed to schedule a membership vote on a contract offer that could end a nearly 10-month worker lockout at an Exxon Mobil refinery in southeast Texas, a union official said.
** President Biden is launching a multi-pronged program to reduce industrial sector greenhouse gas emissions. The centerpiece of the plan is $8 billion in spending on Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs, a Department of Energy initiative funded by the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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** The province of Alberta will toughen its greenhouse gas emissions standards for oil sands mines, closing a loophole that rewarded some of Canada’s highest-emitting facilities with millions of dollars’ worth of tradeable credits, its environment ministry told Reuters.
