** Marathon Petroleum Corp MPC.N said a fire at its 578,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Garyville, Louisiana, refinery was extinguished on Monday afternoon. Five people were injured in the explosion and fire on Monday morning.
** Federal auditors announced an investigation Friday of how the government has dealt with lead contamination of drinking water in Benton Harbor, an impoverished, mostly Black city in southwest Michigan.
** Two Iowa bills that would have banned the use of eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines, as well as require pipeline companies to get approval from at least 90% of landowners, fail to advance.
** A company building a supersonic jet factory in North Carolina says its planes will emit net-zero carbon emissions. Sustainable aviation experts say the claim merits skepticism but could become true someday.
** West Virginia’s attorney general prepares for oral arguments before the Supreme Court next week in its challenge to the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
** U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin criticizes federal regulators for revamping their pipeline consideration process to include more attention to landowner rights, environmental impacts and climate change.
** U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy blocks President Biden’s nominees to the EPA from frustration with the agency’s delays in approving carbon capture projects in Louisiana.
** California lawmakers propose a bill requiring state public employee pension funds to withdraw from fossil fuel investments.
World
** Chevron is looking to sell its stakes in three oil and gas fields in Equatorial Guinea, hoping a recent rally in energy prices will help attract buyers, three industry sources told Reuters.
** Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said that OPEC+ must stay together for the long-term stability of the oil market.