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Biden briefed on Hurricane Beryl after Texas landfall |
President Biden is receiving "regular updates" about Hurricane Beryl after it made landfall in South Texas, the White House said Monday. |
Beryl first hit near Matagorda, Texas, just before 4 a.m. as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of about 80 mph. Beryl has since weakened to a tropical storm, but it brought significant flooding and wind damage to parts of Texas. More than 1.5 million people in Houston were without power Monday due to the storm, according to the city's electric utility, and storm surges across the state made beaches dangerous and flooded coastal structures. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) warned Monday that Beryl is "not a one-day event," saying that flooding is likely to last as the storm continues to bring rain. Power crews have been unable to make repairs due to long-lasting high winds, he said. Houston could see up to a foot of rain, according to AccuWeather's forecast. At least two people have been killed so far in Texas due to the storm, state officials said. Beryl, the first hurricane of the season, became the earliest storm ever to reach Category 5 in the Atlantic. It battered the Windward Islands in the southern Caribbean and Jamaica before making landfall in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula on Friday as a Category 2 storm. Read more in a full report from our colleague Nick Robertson 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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Tropical Storm Beryl is making a slow, ruinous passage out of Houston, where it is flooding highways and knocking out power lines. |
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More than 150 Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to rescind a rule that's expected to make more of the nation's truck fleet electric. |
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California must retire existing heavy-duty trucks to meet the state's 2045 carbon neutrality goals, in addition to promoting the purchase of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs), a new study has found. |
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Branch out with a different read on The Hill: |
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A dangerous heat wave will persist in the West and spread to additional cities this coming week, as forecasters predict record-breaking temperatures. |
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Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: |
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold an oversight hearing Tuesday to examine the General Services Agency's Public Buildings Service. The House Natural Resources Committee's Natural Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a legislative hearing on three pieces of pending legislation.
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Extreme heat in California: Hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries, billions of dollars (The Desert Sun)
NH property-buyers to be notified about potential PFAS contamination under new law (The New Hampshire Bulletin) Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows (The Guardian)
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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The Supreme Court's stunning ruling giving presidents immunity from prosecution for official acts raises serious questions about orders issued by the commander in chief to the military, especially if those commands clearly violate U.S. or international law. Read more |
| The White House on Monday tangled with reporters during heated exchanges over whether the administration had been forthcoming about President Biden's health in the wake of a disastrous debate performance that has sparked calls from some Democrats for Biden to end his reelection bid. Read more |
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