Rejection
** Oil rose after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to his latest peace proposal, prolonging the effective closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran’s offer
** Tehran offered to transfer some of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to a third country, but rejected the idea of dismantling its nuclear facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported. Iran disputed the report, according to semi-official news agency Tasnim.
Passing through
** A liquefied petroleum gas carrier which has previously ferried Iranian cargoes is moving through the Strait of Hormuz while declaring that its crew and owners are Indian, according to ship-tracking data.
Quits
** Latvian Defence Minister Andris Spruds resigned on Sunday, after two Ukrainian drones on Thursday flew in from Russia and hit oil storage facilities.
US energy
** The incumbent chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission — which regulates the oil industry — heads to a Republican primary runoff with a conservative challenger who has railed about cultural issues.
** A $1.2 billion transmission project spanning four Midwest states faces pushback from southeastern Minnesota farmers concerned about negative impacts to farm operations.
** As solar booms in Texas, thousands of state residents have filed complaints with the state’s attorney general asserting they were misled about savings, incentives, and overall costs of rooftop solar systems.
** Legal experts say an Oregon judge who sided with PacifiCorp in a multi-billion dollar wildfire-damages lawsuit should have recused herself from the case because she represented the utility for years as a private attorney.
** A Navajo Nation chapter passes a resolution opposing a proposed data center near Page, Arizona, citing energy and water-consumption concerns.