Our Nick Nigro tells Abby Smith that federal government needs to update how they procure vehicles to speed up fleet electrification effort. washingtonexaminer.com/policy/biden-e…

NEW: Hundreds of climate and grassroots groups are calling on lawmakers to pursue a national requirement for 100% renewable power by 2030, as opposed to a clean electricity standard. washex.am/3famZ8d

NEW: New fossil fuel projects must be stopped immediately to meet climate goals, International Energy Agency says. You read that right. For my early risers washex.am/3fuorCz

“This cannot be voluntary. This cannot be optional. The stakes are simply too high," climate adviser Gina McCarthy said. Biden issues sweeping order requiring agencies to tackle financial risks from climate change: washex.am/3f7ZRbM

NEW (tweeted via an airport in the Windy City): Biden administration moves to deploy wind power off of California’s coast, reports Abby Smith washex.am/2TgKnts

NEW: Wyoming to house first-of-its-kind advanced nuclear project replacing coal plant. Abby Smith has you covered on the details washex.am/3c9ckda

SCOOP: Keystone XL developer to pull the plug on pipeline. TC Energy to officially announce it is canceling the project after Biden nixed a key permit on his first day in office washex.am/2TLt4AQ

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NEW: Liberal Democratic senators say they won't back infrastructure package without ‘guarantee’ on climate bill, a fracture that could threaten a bipartisan deal, reports Abby Smith washex.am/3pUyaqB

FIRST in Washington Examiner: Coal-state Republican and centrist Democrat point Biden to climate compromise. David B. McKinley & Rep. Kurt Schrader are re-introducing their clean electricity standard bill this week, with an eye toward inserting it into infrastructure talks washex.am/2SQnc9C

Biden nominee accused by GOP of deception about involvement in 'ecoterrorist' tree spiking incident. Allies say it's a smear campaign washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/… via Abby Smith

Not something you see every day: The Senate just passed a standalone climate bill in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. The bill would make it easier for farmers to sell carbon credits. washex.am/3qpTzbb

NEW: Top Republican on House GOP's new climate task force eyes vulnerable Democrats in oil and gas districts. My interview with Garret Graves, who is tasked with devising a policy agenda to address climate should Republicans capture the House in 2022 washex.am/363J2te

.Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced this morning it is taking the first steps to advance a massive wind project off the shores of Virginia Beach. More on Dominion Energy's project in my story for Washington Examiner's magazine last month (plus pics of the pilot turbines below!): washex.am/3xhhhcE

DAILY ON ENERGY: Former GOP congressman Carlos Curbelo, Carlos Curbelo, gave me some interesting detail on the Exxon lobbyist in question. He told me Keith McCoy and other Exxon officials offered “encouraging words” about his 2018 carbon tax bill washex.am/3wcaKyv

NEW: Democrats plot how to enable Biden's signature climate policy, a clean electricity standard, to clear Senate rules. My latest has a ton of new insight into how Democrats are planning to design a CES to pass through reconciliation. Will it work? washex.am/2TwLdmr