** Ontario’s premier, the leader of Canada’s most populous province, announced that effective Monday it is charging 25% more for electricity to 1.5 million Americans in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. Ontario provides electricity to Minnesota, New York and Michigan.
** U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday that global warming is a side effect of building the modern world, and vowed to end former President Joe Biden’s climate policies to promote growth of fossil fuels. Wright made the comments to kick off CERAWeek, the nation’s largest energy conference, in Houston.
** Facing projections of spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers increasingly worry about protecting their residents and economies from rising electric bills, power outages and other consequences of falling behind Big Tech in a race for electricity.
** Petroleum Industry Officials say it is unlikely the Trump administration’s orders opening up Alaska lands to oil and gas development will lead to a drilling surge, citing high costs and regulatory uncertainty.
** nThe Sierra Club says a new South Dakota law prohibiting the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines should also prevent the Summit Pipeline project from moving forward in Iowa, as the state has required that the project obtain permits in the Dakotas before it can advance.
** Dozens of activists gather at the Ohio statehouse to protest state regulators permitting oil and gas drilling beneath state parks and wildlife areas.
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** All 37 crew have been accounted for after a fuel tanker and a cargo ship burst into flames when they collided in the North Sea, an MP has said. A major rescue operation was launched following the incident near the Humber Estuary shortly before 10:00 GMT on Monday.
** Zhengzhou rapeseed meal and oil contracts jumped on Monday, the first day of trade since China decided to impose 100% tariffs on imports of those products from Canada.
** India’s imports of thermal coal – mainly used in power generation – fell for a sixth straight month in February, ship tracking data showed, as coal-fired power generation grew at a muted pace on the back of a slowdown in manufacturing activity.
