Just 10 EVs eligible for full $7,500 tax credit

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Tesla’s Model Y and the Chevrolet Bolt are among 10 models on a new list of American-made vehicles that will qualify for a full federal $7,500 tax credit. (Axios)

ALSO:
• President Biden’s electric vehicle charging czar discusses what it will take to build out a reliable nationwide charging network. (GreenBiz)
• Panasonic is considering building an electric vehicle battery plant in Oklahoma but wants nearly $1 billion in state incentives. (Reuters, Journal Record)

ELECTRIFICATION: A federal appeals court overturns Berkeley, California’s ban on natural gas hookups in new construction, and legal experts warn it could have a chilling effect on municipalities considering similar bans. (Associated Press, E&E News)

CLEANTECH: An annual clean-tech award highlights 12 pioneering startup companies building new ways to recycle critical minerals, produce hydrogen fuel, and solve other critical challenges in the clean energy transition. (Bloomberg)

CLIMATE:
• Human-caused climate change is leading to more flash droughts, which can quickly parch and kill crops, a scientific study finds. (New York Times)
• Insurance companies are offering increasingly scarce property coverage in Texas following a similar pullback in Florida and Louisiana. (E&E News)

OFFSHORE WIND: Roughly 90 former offshore wind workers now have government jobs regulating their former industry, putting fishing industry interests at a disadvantage and potentially endangering marine habitats, according to a news outlet’s investigation. (ProPublica/​New Bedford Light)

POLITICS: Republicans say they’ll use vulnerable Democratic House members’ votes against the GOP energy package to fight their re-election campaigns. (The Hill)

OIL & GAS:
• A peer-reviewed study finds the nation’s oil and gas facilities emit 70% more methane than the U.S. EPA’s estimates. (CNN)
• Environmental groups say ExxonMobil’s announcement that it is planning no new exploration in the Alaska Arctic is a sign industry is losing interest in the region and future lease sales will flop. (Alaska Public Media)
• Philadelphians living near what used to be the East Coast’s largest oil refinery demand sustainability commitments as developers look to turn the site into a warehousing-logistics hub and life sciences campus. (WHYY)

CLEAN ENERGY: The U.S. Energy Department offers $15 million to tribal colleges and universities for campus clean energy systems and training Indigenous students to work in the industry. (Associated Press)

STORAGE: Northern California wineries install long-duration iron and saltwater batteries in a solar-plus-storage microgrid they are building. (PV Magazine)

OHIO: Attorneys for former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and a GOP lobbyist plan to ask a judge to drop guilty verdicts against them and ask for a new trial. (Eye on Ohio/​Energy News Network)