A new boiling point

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POLITICS

• The House approves a Senate-passed funding bill that will reopen the government, sending furloughed federal employees back to work this morning. (E&E News)

• Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota joins Senate Democrats in pushing the EPA to preserve the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. (E&E News)

EMISSIONS

• A new report finds global greenhouse gas emissions are on track to reach a new record this year, affirming Paris Agreement warming goals are out of reach. (Washington Post)

• Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signs a budget bill that includes a provision to leave the Northeast’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. (Inside Climate News)

OVERSIGHT

• The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners calls on FERC to respect their authority to oversee retail electricity sales, and to protect ratepayers from higher costs stemming from data center interconnections. (E&E News)

• Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s order telling FERC to standardize large load interconnections presents a complex problem with a tight timeline that experts say the agency is unlikely to meet. (Latitude Media)

HYDROGEN

• Plug Power says it’s pausing plans to build six hydrogen plants across the country, citing a loss of $120 million in the third quarter. (Albany Times Union)

SOLAR

• In the third quarter, about 20% of planned U.S. solar projects reported delays in getting online, a decrease from 25% a year ago. (EIA)

NUCLEAR

• The U.S. tells the U.K. it’s disappointed that Rolls-Royce, not a U.S. manufacturer, will build the country’s first small modular nuclear reactors in Wales. (The Guardian)