Today’s headlines: Oil prices rebound, Vineyard Wind sues its turbine maker, and more

This roundup of U.S. energy news headlines is part of our Canary Media Daily newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox each morning.

MIDDLE EAST ENERGY SHOCK

• Oil prices are rising once again after President Donald Trump announces the U.S. military will blockade parts of the Strait of Hormuz in an attempt to cut off Iran’s hold on fossil fuel shipping. (New York Times)

• Years of scaling up solar and wind generation are paying off with lowered power prices in some European countries, but in others, market structures mean rising fossil fuel prices are still sending wholesale electricity costs soaring. (New York Times)

• While China is the world’s biggest purchaser of Iranian oil, the country is still set to benefit from the war’s disruption as it leads the globe in solar, battery, and EV exports. (Associated Press)

CLEAN ENERGY

• PacifiCorp cancels plans to add more solar and wind power facilities in Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and California, citing expiring federal clean energy tax credits. (WyoFile)

WIND

• Vineyard Wind sues GE Renewables, its wind turbine manufacturer, after the company announces plans to terminate service and maintenance contracts at the end of April. (Associated Press)

BATTERIES

• Ascend Elements, which planned to build an EV battery recycling plant in Kentucky, files for bankruptcy after losing $316 million in federal funding. (E&E News)

OVERSIGHT

• Tribal nations push back on the Trump administration’s ​“energy emergency” and the resulting regulatory rollbacks, saying they violate tribal consultation mandates to facilitate fossil fuel extraction. (High Country News)

CLIMATE

• Northeastern states with ambitious climate targets are rethinking their goals in the face of soaring power prices and the Trump administration’s hostility to clean energy. (New York Times)

• A natural gas interest group is working with Democratic leaders in New York and Pennsylvania to get the states to roll back their climate goals and instead back fossil fuels. (New York Focus, Inside Climate News)

CARBON REMOVAL

• Microsoft is reportedly telling its partners that it’s pausing future carbon removal purchases — a complication for a carbon capture industry that saw tech companies’ AI data center buildout as an opportunity. (Heatmap, Axios)