🔥 Axios PM: "Devastating" climate loss

Plus: Plus: COVID hits Wimbledon | Thursday, June 30, 2022

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Walmart   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Jun 30, 2022 Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 487 words, a 2-min. read.     1 big thing: "Devastating" Biden loss President Biden at the start of a G7 lunch this week. Photo: Susan Walsh/AP   The Supreme Court has defanged one of the most sweeping tools the Biden White House needed to meet its climate targets, Axios Generate co-author Andrew Freedman reports. The 6-3 ruling holds that the EPA should regulate emissions at the power plant level, rather than essentially setting up the national system devised by the Obama administration to help decarbonize the power sector. President Biden called the ruling a "devastating decision." These regulations looked at the power sector broadly, rather than regulating each power plant one by one. The majority of the court found today that Congress did not intend to delegate to the EPA the creation of what was in effect a national pollution reduction system. Between the lines: The conservative justices may also be inviting future challenges to rules imposed by other agencies beyond the EPA. They repeatedly questioned the scope of the EPA's authority and used the term "administrative state" — court-speak for the sprawling federal bureaucracy and its rules.     2. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Photo: Supreme Court via AP   Above: Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath to Ketanji Brown Jackson as her husband, Patrick Jackson, holds the Bible. More Supreme Court headlines: The Supreme Court will hear a case next term that examines a legal theory that would grant state legislatures significantly more power over federal elections. The Supreme Court will allow Biden to end the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy. President Biden supports changing the Senate's filibuster rules for Congress to pass a federal law codifying Roe v. Wade, he said today.     A message from Walmart Walmart invites largest group of suppliers to pitch at 2022 Open Call     Walmart's two-day Open Call event brings nearly 1,200 small and mid-sized businesses to pitch their products — with a chance to secure deals online, at a few local stores or hundreds of locations. The two-day event supports Walmart's $350 billion commitment to U.S. jobs and manufacturing.     3. Catch up quick Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images Above: Turquoise water in a large melt hole on top of an iceberg in western Greenland yesterday. The massive icebergs that detach from the glacier float for years before being carried south by ocean currents. The Justice Department opened an investigation into the NYPD'S Special Victims Division over its handling of sexual assault cases. This Independence Day weekend is set to be the second busiest for travel since 2000 with a record number of Americans planning to hit the road, according to AAA's holiday travel forecast.     4. 🎾 COVID hits Wimbledon: 3 top-20 men out A rainbow over the covered outdoor courts after a rain delay at Wimbledon today. Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Three of the top-20 seeded men in Wimbledon have withdrawn over the first four days because they got COVID-19, with No. 17 Roberto Bautista Agut pulling out today, AP reports. Why it matters: That's raised the specter of an outbreak among players at the Grand Slam tournament. What's happening: There's essentially an honor system. If you don't feel well, you're encouraged to get a test on your own. If you test positive, you're encouraged to reveal that and take yourself out of the bracket. "I won't lie," said Ajla Tomljanovic, a 29-year-old from Australia who is ranked 44th. "When I have a cough or something, I get paranoid. It's what we kind of have to learn to live with. I feel bad for people who test positive. A place like Wimbledon is definitely not where you want to have it."     A message from Walmart Walmart supports small and diverse suppliers in Open Call event     This year's Open Call invitation marks the largest group ever selected to pitch their products to Walmart merchants. More than 4,500 entrepreneurs applied, and over 13,000 products were registered. Finalists represent all 50 states, and nearly 60% self-identify as a diverse-owned business.   Are you a fan of this email format? It's called Smart Brevity®. Over 300 orgs use it — in a tool called Axios HQ — to drive productivity with clearer workplace communications.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: