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POLITICS

• U.S. Senate Republicans plan to vote today to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn California’s vehicle emissions rules, defying the body’s parliamentarian who said the waivers weren’t subject to the CRA. (New York Times)

• GOP leaders say they’ll be able to advance their massive budget and policy bill this week, though disagreements remain over how much to scale back clean energy tax credits. (Politico)

• Republicans’ proposed Inflation Reduction Acct rollback could halt clean energy progress in West Virginia, raising energy prices and furthering the state’s reliance on coal. (American Prospect)

SOLAR

• The International Trade Commission, a nonpartisan federal agency, affirms U.S. solar manufacturers were ​“materially injured” by imports from four southeast Asian countries and votes to support hefty tariffs on the imports. (E&E News)

OFFSHORE WIND

• New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has struck no deal to welcome a natural gas pipeline in exchange for the restarting of work on Empire Wind — despite a social media post by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that seemed to suggest an agreement — but remains open to the possibility, aides say. (E&E News)

NUCLEAR

• The Tennessee Valley Authority becomes the first utility to submit a construction application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a small modular nuclear reactor, which it will construct in Tennessee. (Chattanooga Times Free Press, WBIR)

MATERIALS

• Demand for copper, a necessity in all electrical systems, will outpace supply within the next decade, the International Energy Agency predicts. (The Guardian)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

• General Motors’ plan to invest heavily in electric vehicles could put it ahead of competitors but also potentially lead to steep losses under Trump administration policies and waning consumer interest, auto analysts say. (Detroit News)

• Honda says it will scale back its EV investments amid slowing demand and will instead focus on hybrid vehicles. (Reuters)

• Hyundai unveils the three-row, all-electric SUV IONIQ 9, which it will make at its Georgia factory. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

FOSSIL FUELS

• A Physicians for Social Responsibility analysis finds Chevron and other petroleum companies failed to meet state disclosure rules regarding at least 30 million pounds of hydraulic fracturing chemicals pumped into Colorado oil and gas wells. (Guardian)