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Biden administration urges Supreme Court to back pipeline |
The Justice Department is joining Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and a coalition of GOP members of Congress in support of asking the Supreme Court to back the Mountain Valley Pipeline. |
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U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed an amicus brief in support of the Mountain Valley Pipeline's emergency request. The request asks Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to intervene after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia issued a stay on construction of a section of the pipeline. A provision in the debt ceiling bill enacted last month approved the pipeline and transferred jurisdiction over it to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. However, the Richmond-based Fourth Circuit later issued a stay blocking construction after environmentalists argued Congress overstepped its authority. The pipeline is vocally supported by Manchin but has been fiercely opposed by many of the Biden administration's allies in the environmentalist movement, including the Wilderness Society, which filed the lawsuit that led to the stay. "If completed, [the pipeline] would disproportionately subject low-income and rural communities to the threat of toxic pollution, running counter to the president's recent executive order on environmental justice," the organization said in a statement in May. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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How policy will affect the energy and environment sectors now and in the future: |
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The Biden administration on Friday proposed tightening an efficiency standard for new residential water heaters — a move that it said would both save consumers money and combat climate change.
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The Biden administration on Friday proposed tightening an efficiency standard for new residential water heaters — a move that it said would both save consumers money and combat climate change. |
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The Biden administration has joined Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and a coalition of Republican representatives in asking the Supreme Court to block an order halting construction of a controversial pipeline. |
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Branch out with a different read on The Hill: |
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The Biden administration on Friday gave Texas a three-day deadline to enter in negotiations to remove its floating barriers in the Rio Grande or face legal action. In a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and interim state Attorney General Angela Colmenero (R), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that the buoys installed to deter migrants from crossing the river violate a number of federal laws. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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"Oppenheimer" brings painful memories for New Mexico Hispanics (Axios)
This little-known federal regulator could crack down on fraudulent carbon offsets (Grist) Long-lost Greenland ice core suggests potential for disastrous sea level rise (CNN)
The advertising blitz behind Biden's hydrogen tax credits (The Washington Post)
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on permitting reform for electricity transmission, pipelines and energy production on federal lands.
- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) will testify before a Senate Budget hearing on the costs of climate change on infrastructure. The Senate Environment and Public Works panel will hold a hearing on cutting railroad emissions.
- On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up a bill to fund the Interior Department and EPA. The House Natural Resources panel will hold a hearing on the future of offshore leasing.
- The House may vote next week on Congressional Review Act resolutions axing protections for the greater prairie-chicken and the northern long-eared bat.
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Hunter Biden's lawyer filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Friday, requesting that an ethics watchdog "immediately" initiate a review of Greene's conduct after she showed sexually explicit photos of Biden at a congressional hearing this week. Read more |
| Missouri’s ballot initiative to legalize abortion will be allowed to move forward after the state Supreme Court ruled the state’s attorney general was improperly stonewalling the effort. Read more |
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