** Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that he would block energy exports to the United States “with a smile” if U.S. President Donald Trump moved ahead with plans for a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods.
** In response to the likelihood of the current Trump administration increasing tariffs across the board, the Solar Energy Industries Association issued a dire warning, pointing to the industry’s rapid growth as its main reason to oppose any policy change.
** SpaceX launched a batch of 21 Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Sunday night (March 2). The Falcon 9 rocket flying the mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:24 p.m. ET (0224 GMT on March 3), carrying the Starlink 12-20 mission — which included 13 satellites with direct-to-cell capability — to low Earth orbit.
** State lawmakers in Georgia, Texas and Virginia consider legislation to shift growing energy costs back to the power-hungry data center industry.
** A coal miner is killed while on the job in West Virginia, marking the second coal fatality in the state this year and the fourth in the U.S.
** Another orphaned Texas oil well erupts with a leak as state regulators seek $100 million to address the growing problem in the western part of the state.
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** Morocco’s push to overhaul its train system with better coverage and expanded high-speed rail could be steaming ahead with an announced $9.6 billion investment plan. The plan, described in Newsweek, would be a crucial step in Morocco’s broader vision to revolutionize rail travel by 2040.
** The Canadian Renewable Energy Association announced Jan. 30 that the country’s wind, solar, and energy storage markets had grown 46% over five years. The industry’s installed capacity reached 24 gigawatts at the end of December, Electrical Business reported, for an increase of almost 7.6 GW since 2020. This shift is largely thanks to 4.7 GW of utility-scale wind.
** Smaller and more agile tankers are playing an increasingly important role in the transport of Iranian oil to China, as the illicit trade faces mounting pressure from US sanctions.
