** Three Democratic U.S. senators on Monday said they are introducing legislation that would require U.S. regulators to mandate installation of driver-monitoring systems to ensure motorists pay attention while using systems like Tesla’s Autopilot.
** Top oilfield services firm Schlumberger NV on Monday named new executives to energy transition units, according to a memo seen by Reuters, a move that signals its growing commitment to lower carbon businesses. Sebastian Pages, formerly in the Well Construction group, was appointed as New Energy finance director.
** Chevron Corporation CVX signed a memorandum of understanding with Toyota Motor North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation TM, to create green hydrogen businesses. The collaboration seeks to transition to an effective and booming global hydrogen economy.
** Banking giant Citigroup said that last year it declined 11 “transaction opportunities” around coal mining or coal-fired power as a result of recently launched climate policies. The tally, part of a wider ESG report released Monday, provides a rare glimpse at specific business fallout of Wall Street giants’ growing restrictions on certain types of fossil finance.
** The Canadian government has ordered Trans Mountain Corp to halt work on a section of its oil pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, British Columbia, for four months to protect hummingbird nests, a government spokeswoman said on Monday.
** California hasn’t been shy about wanting to ditch oil, and that now includes oil production. Earther reports that Governor Newsom has announced plans to end oil extraction in California by 2045.
** Union leaders at Exxon Mobil Corp.’s Beaumont plant in Texas asked the oil giant to resume contract negotiations and not move forward with its plans for a lockout of more than 650 workers on May 1.
** The head of Entergy New Orleans steps down and will be replaced by a Texas official as the utility faces criticism over its handling of power outages on Mardi Gras.
** The Tennessee Valley Authority has hardened infrastructure around its essential operations after a tornado cut power to more than 850,000 residents a decade ago.
** Nine oil refineries and chemical companies agree to pay the federal government $5.5 million for improper disposal of waste that has contaminated much of Louisiana’s Calcasieu River estuary.