Defiant
** Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei mocked the U.S. on Monday, saying that Tehran’s enemies would eventually be kicked out of the Middle East amid the ongoing war with Iran.
Somali
** Five crew members of an oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia were killed before local security forces retook the vessel, a senior regional official has told the BBC.
ExxonMobil
** ExxonMobil has selected SLB’s OneSubsea joint venture to supply subsea production systems for the first phase of its giant Rovuma LNG development in Mozambique, marking another step toward a final investment decision on one of Africa’s largest planned energy projects.
Germany
** Germany has generated more solar power so far this year than in the whole of 2025, putting the country on course for a record year, the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar) said.
Emissions
** A new study shows that China accounts for 30% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. That is more than the next two nations, India and the US, combined. China has made progress on green energy, particularly in solar. However, it still burns huge amounts of coal.
U.S. Energy developments
** Mesabi Metallics announces plans for a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa that would be supplied by the company’s iron ore mine in Minnesota and powered by gas and electricity, a departure from traditional coal-fired furnaces.
** Ameren Missouri’s new 20-year power plan looks to build nine gas plants — up from two in its 2023 plan — over the next two decades and scale back the percentage of power from renewables to meet data center demand forecasts.
** Business interests are highly likely to file a legal challenge against a Michigan ballot proposal that would ban political contributions from large utilities, as polling shows strong voter support for the proposal.
** Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen is among supporters of a federal diesel export ban as a way to ease sky-high diesel prices, though other members of the state’s congressional delegation oppose the move as a short-term fix that may not lower prices.
** A new report finds Appalachian states have lost 300,000 clean energy manufacturing jobs since 2024, with more job losses at risk amid federal policy changes.
