The ​“Big, Beautiful” law

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CLEAN ENERGY

• One in five counties across the U.S. have passed laws to restrict or outright ban construction of new solar and wind farms, and are curtailing battery storage facilities too. (Heatmap)

• Tribal leaders say the newly passed federal tax and spending bill will cause widespread clean energy job losses in their communities and also jeopardize climate projects. (Grist)

EMISSIONS

• The U.S. is on track to add an additional 7 billion tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by 2030 as a result of President Trump’s executive orders and the ​“Big, Beautiful Bill.” (Carbon Brief)

• The EPA gives two major steelmakers a pass on strengthened air pollution rules until 2027. (E&E News)

• States that have adopted the California vehicle emissions rules under challenge by the Trump administration work on plans to boost EV adoption in other ways, including increased incentives and the possible implementation of a clean fuel standard. (Inside Climate News)

• RMI finds Washington state’s carbon cap-and-invest program’s financial incentives aimed at helping companies reduce emissions is ​“broadly applicable to any jurisdiction.” (E&E News)

OVERSIGHT

• The U.S. EPA puts on leave and will investigate 139 employees who signed a letter criticizing the agency’s funding and staffing cuts and weakened regulatory power. (E&E News)

• Tennessee’s U.S. senators push for rapid confirmation of President Trump’s nominees to the Tennessee Valley Authority board, which looks like it will consist entirely of white men despite the federal utility’s mandate to ​“reflect the diversity” of its seven-state region. (Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga Times Free Press)

NUCLEAR

• The Trump administration accelerates permitting for TerraPower’s proposed advanced nuclear reactor in Wyoming and expects the environmental review to be completed at the end of this year. (WyoFile)

ELECTRIFICATION

• The Marriott hotel chain chooses the small city of Winooski, Vermont, as the site for its first all-electric, net-zero hotel. (Burlington Free Press)