** The U.S. Supreme Court will not weigh in on legal disputes over the U.S. EPA’s implementation of the renewable fuel standard.
** Enbridge Inc. ENB reported first-quarter 2020 earnings per share of 62 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 51 cents and increasing from the year-ago quarter’s profit of 61 cents. The outperformances were owing to higher contributions from Mainline System. Total revenues in the quarter declined 7.4% year over year to $8,957 million.
** Dozens of demonstrators chanting “Shell must fall” gathered on Tuesday outside the oil giant’s headquarters in the Netherlands, where a virtual annual shareholders’ meeting was underway. Roughly 30 activists from environmental groups Greenpeace, Extinction Rebellion and Code Red sang and danced in protest at the Hague offices of Royal Dutch Shell.
** An Indiana coal company faces sanctions from a federal judge after failing to comply with a bankruptcy court’s orders while receiving $2.7 million in federal coronavirus aid.
** Two-thirds of U.S. solar job losses due to COVID-19 are taking place in nine states, including Illinois, analysts report.
** Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette is criticized for comparing major banks’ refusal to finance oil and gas projects in the Arctic to “redlining” — discrimination against communities of color in banking and mortgage lending.
** The BLM is refusing to disclose details about oil and gas companies applying for royalty relief.
** Wyoming’s oil and gas industry sees a glimmer of hope in yesterday’s increase in the price of a barrel of oil.
** California’s Air Resources Board wants a federal judge to order the EPA and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to turn over documents related to revoking the state’s Clean Air Act waiver.
** Xcel Energy files a $102 million proposal with Colorado regulators detailing how it will support expanding electric vehicle infrastructure.
** Nevada congressional lawmakers and state officials are again raising concerns about the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in the wake of last week’s 6.5 magnitude earthquake.
** Indigenous groups, particularly those in Alaska and New Mexico, worry their concerns about the Trump administration’s plans to expand oil and gas development on public lands will not be heard.
** A group of scientists says the BLM’s latest proposal to revise conservation strategies for greater sage grouse in seven western states appears to ignore science.
** New Mexico regulators approve one solar and one solar-plus-storage project that will service El Paso Electric customers beginning summer 2022.