A call between senior Biden administration aides and reporters nicely captured a politically delicate White House stance on record U.S. oil and gas production and exports.
Why it matters: Felix Unger, meet Oscar Madison. The world's largest economy is also a powerhouse in global energy markets.
Yet that fact doesn't sit well with the environmental lobby, a vocal constituency President Biden needs as he heads into a tough reelection fight next year.
Driving the news: Ali Zaidi, a senior climate adviser, was asked Tuesday how 2023's record levels of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports and oil output align with the White House's climate goals.
Senate leaders have pulled a provision from this year's defense policy bill that would have expanded compensation for victims of the Trinity Test — the world's first atomic explosion.
Why it matters: A federal law, which awards financial reparations to people who lived downwind of nuclear testing sites, is scheduled to sunset this summer, and people in New Mexico near where the Trinity Test occurred aren't included.
An unusually intense storm for this time of year caused damaging coastal flooding, inland flash flooding and power outages from Florida to Maine on Monday into early Tuesday.
Threat level: The storm, currently slamming New England with winds of 65 mph, has cut power to about 420,000 customers in Maine alone, about half the customers tracked there, according to PowerOutage.us.
Here's another wrinkle for Nippon Steel's nearly $15 billion bid for U.S. Steel: climate groups fear that the Japanese giant has inadequate plans to decarbonize.
Why it matters: The deal needs approval from U.S. regulators. And the steelworkers' union — another important Democratic political constituency — argues the plan requires its approval.
The new stadium slated for Potomac Yard, Virginia, faces a unique obstacle in addition to backlash from the D.C. government and fans who are loyal to the Wizards' and Capitals' current home in nearby downtown Washington, D.C.
The big picture: The planned location of the new stadium complex is surrounded by low-lying transportation arteries and buildings that will be at increasing flood risk due in large part to human-caused climate change, experts tell Axios.
Autonomous trucking developer Torc Robotics is test-driving its prototypes on historic Route 66 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as it works toward commercial deployment.
Driving the news: Torc says it's on track to use its autonomous trucks for deliveries with no safety driver by 2027, and recently unveiled more detailed plans to get them operating across the American Southwest.
