** Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Monday that he will not vote to confirm President Biden’s pick for a powerful position on the Federal Reserve Board over her criticism of the fossil fuel industry.
** Progressives are hoping to turn the heat up on Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) in an effort to push climate action across the congressional finish line.
** The United Steelworkers union (USW) won a vote to continue representing workers at an Exxon Mobil Corp oil refinery in Beaumont, Texas, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board said on Monday.
** Forty-nine of the 50 Republican U.S. senators said on Monday they will not back an emerging new nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, underscoring their party’s opposition to attempts to revive a 2015 accord amid fears talks might collapse.
** A group of five House Democratic lawmakers on Monday asked a federal watchdog to review if the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) complied with environmental regulations in its next-generation delivery vehicle contract.
** Local officials consider plans for a 3,200-acre solar project between Lincoln and Omaha that would be one of the largest projects in Nebraska.
** The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will soon require all publicly traded companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and how climate change could affect their businesses.
** Former Trump administration EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler will serve as an advisor to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin after Senate Democrats rejected his appointment to a Cabinet post.
World
** It would likely be “too optimistic” to assume energy prices have hit their peak amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the executive director of the International Energy Agency said Monday.