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Natural gas is poised to be the top electricity source for the third straight summer this year, the Energy Information Administration said Tuesday.

Why it matters: There's a saying that three makes a trend, and thus worth writing about. Natural gas has been creeping past coal in the U.S. electricity market for a few years now, fueled by plentiful supplies, cheaper prices and a cleaner profile. This latest data by the government shows how its market dominance is solidifying — no matter what the Trump administration does. For decades as the top U.S. power fuel, coal was dubbed King Coal, but the crown has now really been handed over to natural gas.

The White House postponed a meeting Tuesday on the administration's approach to the Paris climate accord, blaming the schedules of staffers — Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Miller — traveling with President Trump. It did not provide a rain date.

Slated to attend the meeting, per various news outlets: Bannon and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who both favor abandoning the pact, as well as Jared Kushner, who supports remaining in the accord, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has said the U.S. should maintain a "seat at the table" in global climate talks.

Why it matters: The eventual decision on whether to remain in the 2015 international pact is one of the biggest unresolved climate policy questions at the White House.

A new video by Michael Bloomberg, "An Optimistic Conversation ... About Climate Change," takes a bold stance on the future of climate conferences.

The good news is we're going to make the [Paris Climate Conference] goals without the federal government.

What's next: Bloomberg today publishes a new book with environmentalist Carl Pope, "Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet," where the former New York mayor writes: "Washington will not have the last word on the fate of the Paris Agreement in the United States. Mayors will—together with business leaders and citizens from all over the globe."

Check it out: ClimateofHope.com is live.

Workers have stemmed the flow from a crude oil leak at Prudhoe Bay in Alaska reported by a BP subsidiary last Friday, according to a report from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The details:

• The good news: The crude spray plume did not leave the pad, there are no reports yet the leak has affected the snow-covered tundra nearby, and EPA response personnel and ADEC personal are on the scene.
• The bad news: The well is "not officially secured" until it has a mechanical plug installed.
• The unknowns: The volume of the crude spray and the time and date of the spill.