** U.S. security experts have reportedly uncovered undocumented communication devices inside Chinese-made solar power inverters — hardware that’s widely used to support renewable energy infrastructure.
** California lawmakers have for years vowed to hold fossil fuel companies liable for damages caused by their emissions, including worsening wildfires and floods and mounting costs of climate recovery and adaptation. But the state’s so-called Climate Superfund bills have once again stalled in Sacramento amid fierce lobbying and industry pressure — leaving communities to cover the costs.
** Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Saturday she plans to introduce a bill aimed at tackling “weather modification.” “I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity. It will be a felony offense,” she wrote in a Saturday post on X.
** North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoes Republican-sponsored legislation to repeal a requirement that Duke Energy slash carbon emissions 70% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels, while leaving a 2050 carbon-neutrality deadline intact.
** Texas energy experts say the phaseout of clean energy tax breaks in Trump’s “One Big Beautiful bill” will raise household energy costs and hamper grid reliability by undercutting renewables like solar, which makes up nearly 20% of the state grid’s capacity.
** The EPA gives two major steelmakers, including Pennsylvania’s U.S. Steel, a pass on strengthened air pollution rules until 2027, increasing estimated emissions by some 120 tons.
California’s former insurance commissioner calls on insurers to divest from fossil fuels and sue oil and gas companies to hold them accountable for contributing to climate change-exacerbated natural disasters.
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** A new oil pipeline to the British Columbia coast is highly likely to be included on a list of projects deemed to be of national importance to the Canadian government, Prime Minister Mark Carney told the Calgary Herald newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
** Canada’s decision to rescind its digital services tax (DST) to restart trade negotiations with the U.S. represents a boon for major tech firms and could be a harbinger of what’s to come for similar measures in other countries, experts told The Hill.