** The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Chevron, Exxon Mobil and other oil and gas companies to have lawsuits brought by two Louisiana localities accusing them of harming the state’s coast over a period of decades moved out of state court and into federal court.
** A cosmic particle detector has spotted a burst of strange radio signals from the ice of Antarctica that currently defy explanation. The results could hint at the existence of new particles, or interactions between particles currently unknown to physics, scientists say.
** Four former Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority workers have been indicted on fraud charges for lying about Red Line track inspections they never conducted.
** Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings announced that it has executed definitive agreements with Keyera Corp. pursuant to which Plains will sell substantially all of its NGL business to Keyera for a total cash consideration of approximately $5.15 Billion CAD ($3.75 Billion USD).
** American Electric Power announced the naming of Rob Berntsen as executive vice president and general counsel, succeeding David Feinberg who is leaving the company in mid-August.
** A draft analysis by the Interior Department released for public comment today supports the selection of a new alternative from the 2020 plan that would reopen up to 82% of the 23-million-acre reserve to oil and gas leasing and development, consistent with the Trump administration’s commitment to Energy Dominance and regulatory reform.
** The Environmental Protection Agency told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden administration’s ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States to determine whether it went “beyond what is necessary.”
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** Crude oil tankers near Iran appear to be in rural Russia as signals are jammed. Two ships collided Tuesday in a fiery collision. Mass interference since the start of the conflict between Israel and Iran has affected nearly 1,000 ships in the Gulf, according to Windward, a shipping analysis firm.
** It is very likely all the roughly 15,000 centrifuges operating at Iran’s biggest uranium enrichment plant at Natanz were badly damaged or destroyed because of a power cut caused by an Israeli strike, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief told the BBC on Monday.
** The world’s largest hydrogen producer has abandoned plans to build a £2bn green energy factory in Britain, dealing a blow to the Government’s bid to attract foreign investment. US-based Air Products has pulled the proposed green hydrogen project in Humberside over claims of government foot-dragging, as bosses attacked a “lack of commitment” by ministers.
** The Southern Company agrees to use a Switzerland-based company’s drones to monitor its power lines and natural gas infrastructure.
