** U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum orders agencies to factor in proposed solar or wind projects’ per-acre energy generating capacity relative to fossil fuels during permitting — a move that could halt new renewables development on federal lands.
** Colorado Gov. Jared Polis orders state agencies to streamline and accelerate clean energy permitting to allow developers to take advantage of federal tax credits before they expire later this year.
** Advocates criticize the federal Bureau of Land Management for blocking public input on a set of rules relaxing oil and gas drilling restrictions.
** A California court orders Phillips 66 to pay biofuel maker Propel Fuels $800 million in damages for stealing trade secrets.
** General Motors pursues energy storage applications for its electric vehicle batteries to find new revenue streams amid slower-than-expected demand for EVs.
** North Dakota mineral owners say oil companies are unfairly withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties, and state officials have failed to take action to protect private mineral owners.
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** Indian officials confirmed over the weekend the country is not altering policy and will continue buying oil from Russia, despite threats of a financial “penalty” from U.S. President Donald Trump.
** Britain’s BP announced Monday it made its biggest oil and gas discovery in 25 years off the coast of Brazil, as it shifts back to its fossil fuel business. The company said it had located oil and gas at the Bumerangue prospect, 404 kilometres (251 miles) from Rio de Janeiro, in a water depth of 2,372 metres.
** China’s independent oil companies are ramping up operations in Iraq, investing billions of dollars in OPEC’s number two producer even as some global majors have scaled back from a market dominated by Beijing’s big state-run firms.
** U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia. “China will always ensure its energy supply in ways that serve our national interests,” China’s Foreign Ministry posted on X following two days of trade negotiations in Stockholm, responding to the U.S. threat of a 100% tariff.
** Vietnam’s Vinfast began production at a $500 million electric vehicle plant in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state on Monday, part of a planned $2 billion investment in India and a broader expansion across Asia.