EXTRACTED: Daily News Clips 11/14/25

PIPELINE NEWS

• Reuters: Enbridge approves $1.4 billion project to boost Canadian oil flows to U.S. refiners

• E&E News: Army Corps delays decision on Michigan pipeline tunnel

• WVTF: Residents say they’re worried about health impacts from MVP compressor station

• Financial Post: Major LNG terminal and gas pipeline headline Ottawa’s nation-building projects list

• The Narwhal: The day pipeline security followed me — and what I learned later about Canada’s spy agency

• Press release: South Bow Reports Third-quarter 2025 Results, Provides 2026 Outlook, and Declares Dividend

WASHINGTON UPDATES

• E&E News: Supreme Court sets date in battle over Louisiana’s disappearing coast

• E&E News: Interior opens half of Alaskan reserve to oil drilling

• E&E News: Trump cuts and meddling at national parks unpopular, poll finds

• Politico: Green group 350.org suspends US operations

STATE UPDATES

• E&E News: Louisiana asks Supreme Court to rule against Chevron in coastal erosion fight

• Texas Tribune: Texas oil and gas regulators win new power to approve projects that shoot carbon underground

• E&E News: Interior’s Alaska drilling plan adds to enviro backlash

• Inside Climate News: ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness

• Los Angeles Times: Five Native tribes are coming together to protect a California cultural landscape

• North Dakota Monitor: North Dakota coal industry prepares to seize opportunity for growth

• WJET: Study finds methane leaking into PA groundwater from oil, gas wells

• Houston Chronicle: A toxic geyser blew sky-high in West Texas. New rules that followed wouldn’t stop the next one.

• SCV News: California’s methane satellite helps stop 10 large leaks

EXTRACTION

• Reuters: Confident Chevron brushes off oversupply and energy transition fears: Bousso

• Press release: TC Energy : Congratulations Ksi Lisims LNG – Canada one step closer to becoming an LNG superpower

• Guardian: Plan for Australia’s largest carbon capture project near Darwin criticised as creating ‘dumping ground’

• CBC: Deep Sky carbon capture gets pushback in Pipestone [VIDEO]

• Reuters: Can Peru reboot its Amazon oil? Pollution fallout and local opposition loom

TODAY IN GREENWASHING

• Mount Royal University: MRU Indigenous students deepen their roots

OPINION

• New York Daily News: Power for the public: Hochul’s practical thinking on natural gas pipeline

• Anchorage Daily News: The BLM public lands rule is important for tribes and should not be undone

• Sante Fe New Mexican: Orphan gas wells damage New Mexico
  

PIPELINE NEWS

Reuters: Enbridge approves $1.4 billion project to boost Canadian oil flows to U.S. refiners
Pooja Menon and Arunima Kumar, 11/14/25

“Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge on Friday approved a $1.4 billion expansion of its Mainline and Flanagan South pipelines, adding new capacity for Canadian heavy crude into the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast,” Reuters reports. “The project adds additional takeaway capacity for Canadian crude and broadens access to U.S. refineries, improving the flow of oil sands to major export outlets… “Enbridge said Mainline Optimization Phase 1 (MLO1) will add 150,000 barrels per day to its Mainline network and 100,000 bpd to the Flanagan South Pipeline (FSP), with the additional capacity expected to come online in 2027… “The company’s Mainline pipeline, capable of moving 3 million barrels per day of crude from Western Canada to Eastern Canada and the U.S. Midwest, shipped a record 3.1 million bpd on average in the third quarter. MLO1 will increase Mainline capacity through upstream optimizations and terminal upgrades, while on FSP, Enbridge will add pump stations and expand terminal capacity.”

E&E News: Army Corps delays decision on Michigan pipeline tunnel
Carlos Anchondo, Niina H. Farah, 11/14/25

“The Army Corps of Engineers has pushed a final permit decision on a Michigan oil tunnel into next year, after releasing an additional environmental review of the project,” E&E News reports. “The agency’s Detroit District said Thursday it analyzed a drilling installation alternative for Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project that was ‘addressed but eliminated from detailed analysis’ in an earlier assessment, according to the report’s executive summary… “The Detroit District once aimed to issue a record of decision on the project this year, but an updated online calendar for the project shows the decision arriving in the spring of 2026. The Army Corps picked the Line 5 tunnel for fast-track status in April, a move slammed by opponents of the project.”

WVTF: Residents say they’re worried about health impacts from MVP compressor station
Roxy Todd, 11/12/25

“The Mountain Valley Pipeline is hoping to build a compressor station in Montgomery County, and the company has filed an application for an air permit with state regulators,” WVTF reports. “Cletus Bohon lives 300 yards from the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which began transporting natural gas last summer. He recently learned MVP is planning to build a compressor station two miles from his home, so the pipeline can move more gas. Bohon was one of six residents who filed a lawsuit against the pipeline company, after they took their land through eminent domain. The case almost made it to the Supreme Court, but was ultimately rejected. After fighting against the pipeline for more than a decade, this feels like a gut punch. “It’s depressing for sure,” Bohon told WVTF. “It has been stressful, yes.” Bohon’s main concern is safety—what if there’s an incident or an explosion at the compressor station? His only access out or into his home is by crossing a railroad track right next to where the station would be, and he’s worried an accident could block the track. He’s also worried about air pollution. MVP’s air permit application describes some of the chemicals their compressor station may release: formaldehyde, nitric oxide, and carbon monoxide, among others… “But researcher Curtis Davis told WVTF there are health concerns with even lower levels of these pollutants… “I think many people are so exhausted by this,” Irene Leech, who lives four miles from where the compressor station would go, told WVTF. “It’s been going on for so long.”

Financial Post: Major LNG terminal and gas pipeline headline Ottawa’s nation-building projects list
Meghan Potkins, 11/4/25

“An oil pipeline didn’t make Ottawa’s latest list of nation-building projects, but a major proposed liquefied natural gas facility — and the pipeline that would supply it — headlined $56-billion worth of energy and mining developments unveiled Thursday,” the Financial Post reports. “A project poised to become the country’s second largest LNG export terminal, Ksi Lisims LNG on British Columbia’s northwest coast, is among the latest batch of projects to be referred to Ottawa’s new Major Projects Office, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Thursday… “The list did not include an oil pipeline, but Ksi Lisims LNG entails construction of a new, roughly 800-kilometre natural gas pipeline through northern B.C. The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline will carry gas out of the B.C.-Alberta Montney play, traversing the territories of several Indigenous nations before reaching the project’s floating LNG terminal on Nisga’a Nation territory near Prince Rupert… “But the project has also faced opposition from some Indigenous and environmental groups, including two Federal Court challenges last month from the neighbouring Lax Kw’alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nations, as well as petitions to the B.C. Supreme Court challenging PRGT… “Western LNG chief executive Davis Thames told the Post that a final investment decision on Ksi Lisims LNG is likely to come early next year.” “…But Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government on Wednesday confirmed that “sensitive” negotiations continue towards the goal of getting an oil pipeline on Ottawa’s fast-track list. “Currently, we are working on a (memorandum of understanding) agreement with the federal government that includes the removal, carve out or overhaul of several damaging laws chasing away private investment in our energy sector, and an agreement to work towards ultimate approval of a bitumen pipeline to Asian markets,” Premier Smith’s office told the Post.”

The Narwhal: The day pipeline security followed me — and what I learned later about Canada’s spy agency
Matt Simmons, 11/13/25

“The truck slowly pulled alongside as I idled at the side of a remote dirt road in northern B.C. No cell service, the nearest town half an hour away. I’d pulled off to let industrial traffic heading the other direction pass. It was 2022 and I was on my way to meet with Indigenous land defenders embroiled in a years-long fight against a major pipeline being built through Wet’suwet’en lands and waters without the permission of Hereditary Chiefs,” The Narwhal reports. “The driver of the truck rolled down his window. “Need any help?” he said. I knew from markings on the truck that he worked for Forsythe, a private security company contracted by Calgary-based pipeline giant TC Energy. Security companies were hired to protect the construction of Coastal GasLink, a 670-kilometre natural gas pipeline. For years, Coastal GasLink had been a focal point for conflict, including dozens of arrests and extensive surveillance operations by private security and RCMP. What I didn’t know at the time was information about me, collected on behalf of the pipeline company, could have been shared with Canada’s national spy agency. The Narwhal and the Investigative Journalism Foundation recently reported TC Energy apparently leveraged a close relationship with former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) director David Vigneault to expand information-sharing between CSIS and major Canadian companies. In 2024 emails to Vigneault, TC Energy said the proposed arrangement was necessary due to “security threats facing Canadian industry” which the company said included “acute risks from foreign adversaries,” according to documents obtained through freedom of information legislation… “This year, Canada passed legislation delivering many of TC Energy’s requests. Critics warn the flow of information could be going both ways — that companies like TC Energy could be feeding information to CSIS. They worry this could influence how and when the spy agency and federal law enforcement conduct surveillance of individuals and groups. It also means third-party security services like Forsythe, which employs ex-paramilitary soldiers and former RCMP officers, could be passing on information to CSIS and police about Indigenous and non-Indigenous land defenders and activists. Tia Dafnos, an associate professor of sociology at the University of New Brunswick, told the Narwhal the level of access gives industry an opportunity to shape a criminal justice narrative aligned with its interests. “

Press release: South Bow Reports Third-quarter 2025 Results, Provides 2026 Outlook, and Declares Dividend
11/13/25

“South Bow Corp. reports its third-quarter 2025 financial and operational results and provides its 2026 outlook… “Recorded average throughput of approximately 584,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) on the Keystone Pipeline in the third quarter of 2025, and approximately 703,000 bbl/d on the U.S. Gulf Coast segment of the Keystone Pipeline System. Throughput on the Keystone Pipeline and the U.S. Gulf Coast segment of the Keystone Pipeline System averaged approximately 580,000 bbl/d and approximately 730,000 bbl/d, respectively, during the first nine months of 2025. Achieved mechanical completion for the Blackrod Connection Project and placed the 25-km natural gas lateral into commercial service. Final facility activities are currently underway, and the project remains on schedule to be placed into service in early 2026. Associated cash flows are expected to increase throughout the second half of 2026 and into 2027. Continued to advance remedial actions relating to the incident that occurred at Milepost 171 (MP-171) of the Keystone Pipeline, including completing six in-line inspections and 37 integrity digs to date. See “Milepost 171 incident” of this news release for additional details. Delivered stable financial results in the third quarter of 2025 due to the Company’s strong commercial underpinnings. Generated revenue of $461 million and net income of $93 million ($0.45/share). Recorded normalized earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (normalized EBITDA)1 of $254 million, representing a 2% increase from the second quarter of 2025 due to higher contributions from maintenance capital expenditures for system integrity projects on the Keystone Pipeline System, offset by expected losses in the Marketing segment.”

WASHINGTON UPDATES

E&E News: Supreme Court sets date in battle over Louisiana’s disappearing coast
Lesley Clark, 11/12/25

“The Supreme Court will start the new year by hearing arguments in a long legal battle over oil majors’ responsibility for Louisiana’s receding coastline,” E&E News reports. “In a newly published calendar, the court scheduled a Jan. 12 hearing in Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish, in which oil companies are seeking to shift lawsuits against them from state court to the federal bench, where they believe they are more likely to win. The lawsuits say the companies should pay to restore Louisiana land degraded by oil production dating back to World War II. Chevron has pushed for the disputes to be resolved in federal court, saying it has grounds to do so because the company was producing oil and gas under a federal contract to bolster domestic aviation fuel production. Under the federal officer removal statute, if a company is ‘acting under’ the direction of a federal officer, then a case filed in state court can be bumped to federal court. Oil industry lawyers have argued that federal courts provide a more impartial forum for the Louisiana challenges.”

E&E News: Interior opens half of Alaskan reserve to oil drilling
Ian M. Stevenson, 11/14/25

“The Interior Department on Thursday finalized a rule to open up about half of a largely untouched reserve in northern Alaska to oil and gas drilling,” E&E News reports. “The action completes the Trump administration’s rollback of a 2024 rule that had blocked oil and gas drilling on 11 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), which is the largest swath of public land in the U.S. The Trump administration has said it’s working to ‘unleash’ energy development in Alaska with drilling on the roughly 23 million-acre reserve, as well as in the nearby Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)… “This action restores common-sense management and ensures responsible development benefits both Alaska and the nation,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a statement Thursday.”

E&E News: Trump cuts and meddling at national parks unpopular, poll finds
Heather Richards, 11/12/25

“The Trump administration’s efforts to cull staff at the National Park Service and reshape the agency’s portrayal of U.S. history were unpopular with a majority of people polled in a survey commissioned by the National Parks Conservation Association,” E&E News reports. “More than 60 percent of those polled opposed further cuts to NPS staff when told that roughly 25 percent of the parks’ permanent workforce was estimated to have exited since President Donald Trump took office. Around three out of four people also opposed the removal of photos or historical displays at parks if their content was historically accurate, a reference to a review of park materials ordered by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. According to the data released by the park advocacy group Wednesday, polled respondents were also wary of mining near national parks and supported maintaining protections at national monuments designated by presidents.”

Politico: Green group 350.org suspends US operations
Zack Colman, 11/14/25

Environmental group 350.org, which spearheaded the movement to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline, will ‘temporarily suspend programming’ in the U.S. and other countries amid funding woes, according to a letter obtained by Politico. The move comes as environmental groups have struggled to find their footing and raise money under President Donald Trump, whose threats to investigate left-leaning organizations and rapid-fire dismantling of environmental rules have hamstrung green groups. The letter to outside organizations from Executive Director Anne Jellema said 350.org had suffered a 25 percent drop in income for its 2025 and 2026 fiscal years, compelling it to halt operations. The group will keep three U.S. staff members in hopes of reviving operations in the future.”

STATE UPDATES

E&E News: Louisiana asks Supreme Court to rule against Chevron in coastal erosion fight
Niina H. Farah, Lesley Clark, 11/14/25

“Louisiana and two of the state’s coastal parishes are urging the Supreme Court to help them hold the fossil fuel industry financially accountable for destruction of the state’s coastline,” E&E News reports. “In a brief filed Thursday with the high court, Louisiana, alongside Plaquemines and Cameron parishes, argued that Chevron U.S.A. and other companies have no grounds to move lawsuits against them to federal court because local communities have raised claims against them under a state coastal protection law. The Supreme Court has scheduled arguments in the case, Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish, for Jan. 12. Chevron has asked the justices to shift several dozen lawsuits against the industry from state court to the federal bench, where oil companies believe they are more likely to prevail. Industry lawyers have made the case that the lawsuits should be moved because their clients participated in oil production at the behest of the federal government to bolster aviation fuel stores during World War II.”

Texas Tribune: Texas oil and gas regulators win new power to approve projects that shoot carbon underground
Carlos Nogueras Ramos, 11/13/25

“The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted Texas permission to authorize companies to capture and store carbon dioxide underground, fulfilling a key wish for the state’s oil and gas industry,” the Texas Tribune reports. “The approval comes after a two-year federal review of the Railroad Commission of Texas, the agency regulating oil and gas… “Critics have said that state regulators have a history of being too lax on the oil and gas industry. In a statement, the Texas Oil and Gas Association, which represents the industry’s political interests, lauded the approval… “There are more than 60 pending applications for carbon dioxide injection wells before the EPA. It’s unclear whether the EPA or the Railroad Commission will review those applications… “Industry observers are skeptical. State regulators, eager to take over the permitting process, could rubber-stamp permits much more quickly, Virginia Palacios, executive director of Commission Shift, an oil and gas watchdog group, told the Triubne. Palacios added that the commission has not set a strong example with saltwater disposal wells, built to store industry wastewater underground, some of which have ruptured through abandoned wells, sending torrents of water above ground. “The Railroad Commission is getting this new authority that is just another form of injection in overpressured formations,” Palacios told the Tribune. “We’re looking at an agency that handles bad actor companies with kid gloves.”

E&E News: Interior’s Alaska drilling plan adds to enviro backlash
Ian M. Stevenson, Shelby Webb, 11/13/25

“The Bureau of Land Management released plans this week from ConocoPhillips for seismic studies and exploratory wells in the western Arctic, but members of the public will have only a week to comment,” E&E News reports. “That announcement from BLM — which is part of the Interior Department — is fueling criticism that the Trump administration continues to limit environmental reviews to expedite drilling. Also this week, Interior officials said that onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated by the Republican megalaw signed by President Donald Trump in July will not be subject to an environmental analysis during the leasing phase… “Leaders in Washington, D.C., and ConocoPhillips are continuing to put profits ahead of people,” Matt Jackson, Alaska senior manager at the Wilderness Society, told E&E. He called the one-week comment period “a slap in the face to all Alaskans and especially the communities living next door to this project, which will mean a steady stream of trucks rolling across the Arctic all winter.”

Inside Climate News: ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness
Nicholas Kusnetz, 11/12/25

“When she was younger, Rosemary Ahtuangaruak used to camp for weeks at a time with family at their allotment near Teshekpuk Lake, on Alaska’s North Slope,” Inside Climate News reports. “…Within a couple of months that area could host drilling rigs probing the depths for oil with exploratory wells. ConocoPhillips has applied to extend ice roads and well pads farther west into the Arctic wilderness beyond its Willow oil project, which was approved by the Biden administration in 2023 and is now under construction. The company also wants to build roads to the south of Willow, where it would use heavy-duty equipment to thump the ground with seismic testing searching for crude… “Ahtuangaruak, who used to serve as mayor of Nuiqsut and is a longtime outspoken critic of oil development in the area, told ICN the industrial activity at the Willow project has already driven caribou farther from town, making hunting more difficult. The proposed work, she told ICN, would worsen conditions. The BLM set a one-week public comment period for the proposal, far shorter than the more common period of 30 days or longer, with the first day falling on Veterans Day, a federal holiday. It set a public meeting in Nuiqsut for Nov. 18, the day after the comment period closes. “They don’t really care,” Ahtuangaruak told ICN of the agency’s decision to schedule the meeting after the end of the comment period.”

Los Angeles Times: Five Native tribes are coming together to protect a California cultural landscape
Tyrone Beason, 11/12/25

“Chuckwalla National Monument is more than an epic expanse of towering rocks, hidden canyons, ghost flowers, smoke trees and its namesake lizard,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “…One of America’s newest protected public lands is a birthplace, a crossroads, a beloved relative and a historical document to the tribes of the California desert… “When an ecosystem is so ingrained in your psyche, so essential to your culture and so central to the stories you tell about your reason for being, you have no choice but to safeguard it. This is the galvanizing sentiment behind the recent creation of an unprecedented commission for California that brings together five tribes to advise the U.S. government on the management of a monument that holds specific meaning to each and is a treasure to all. The Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, the Cahuilla Band of Indians, the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe and the Colorado River Indian Tribes each have passed resolutions recognizing their role on the commission… “The commission takes shape at a pivotal moment, as the Trump administration has asserted its right to reverse national monument proclamations, calling out Chuckwalla National Monument by name… “For tribes directly linked to Chuckwalla, the emphasis now is on cementing a healthier relationship with the government and fortifying their bond with the land. “There has been a lot of loss for Native nations, having places taken from us,” Mike Madrigal, a citizen of the Cahuilla Band of Indians and president of the Native American Land Conservancy, told the Times. “This monument designation goes a long way toward repairing [that damage].” “…We all have the same vision — we want full management of Chuckwalla,” Mirelez told the Times. “It’s just figuring out when the time is right to get that accomplished.”

North Dakota Monitor: North Dakota coal industry prepares to seize opportunity for growth
Jacob Orledge, 11/13//25

“A surging demand for power and the Trump administration’s embrace of the coal industry could lead to the construction of new coal-fired power plants in several states including North Dakota, a coal industry official said Thursday,” the North Dakota Monitor reports. “I never would have thought that a few years ago, but today, I think it’s possible,” Carroll Dewing, a vice president of North American Coal, said during the Lignite Energy Council’s annual meeting in Bismarck. North American Coal, which owns three coal mines in North Dakota, has been discussing that possibility with large tech companies in need of power for data centers, Dewing said. “It’s a possibility for something like that happening in North Dakota in the future and maybe not in the long-range future, either,” Dewing said. “I think the country maybe is changing somewhat as far as how they think on baseload power and what it’s going to take to keep things actually lights on.” The new and more favorable reception the coal industry gets from federal regulators was a major theme during the two-day event. But industry supporters know it may not last. Any administrative rules created by the Trump administration can be repealed and replaced after a future presidential election.”

WJET: Study finds methane leaking into PA groundwater from oil, gas wells
Tyler Gallagher, 11/13/25

“Geochemists at Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences recently found in a study that retired oil and gas wells are leaking methane into nearby groundwater. The researchers did their study in and near the Allegheny National Forest. They found that methane is leaking into the groundwater due to the wells being left uncapped and exposed to erosion… “Sam Shaheen, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota, told WJET those who live in rural areas have the highest chance of being impacted by these old gas and oil wells.”

Houston Chronicle: A toxic geyser blew sky-high in West Texas. New rules that followed wouldn’t stop the next one.
Amanda Drane, 11/13/25

“Last year, a 100-foot-high tower of oily saltwater exploded from the West Texas desert like Old Faithful. Poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas billowed from the geyser in plumes so powerful that workers trying to fix the malfunctioning oil well had to evacuate multiple times before they fetched air tanks,” the Houston Chronicle reports. “It surged that way for weeks, contaminating acres of ranch land and a nearby creek. It was also noxious — a threat to breathable air, drinkable groundwater and tillable soil. But the oilfield operations that triggered it were nothing out of the ordinary. In fact, they were compliant with standards set by the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas exploration. The eruption in Reeves County in October 2024 helped usher in a new wave of reform at the Railroad Commission. The revised permitting guidelines for underground wastewater injection, which took effect June 1, aim to prevent the oil industry’s wastewater from leaking into old wells and causing more saltwater blowouts in the future. Yet even the new, more-stringent requirements would not have prevented the conditions that caused the October geyser, according to Railroad Commission documents reviewed by the Houston Chronicle.”

SCV News: California’s methane satellite helps stop 10 large leaks
11/13/25

“The California Air Resources Board has announced that data from a specialized satellite has helped resolve 10 large methane leaks at oil and gas facilities across California since May. The leaks are detected by cutting-edge sensors on the Tanager-1 satellite and tracked on a new CARB dashboard. The methane-reducing action is equivalent to removing about 18,000 cars from California roads for a year. “California’s Satellite Methane Project is a powerful example of research delivering real results for Californians and marks the start of a new era in how we track and cut methane emissions,” said CARB Chair Lauren Sanchez.”

EXTRACTION

Reuters: Confident Chevron brushes off oversupply and energy transition fears: Bousso
Ron Bousso, 11/12/25

“When warnings abound about an imminent collapse in oil prices, one would not expect the CEO of a major oil company to boast that he has never been more confident. Yet that was precisely the message conveyed in Chevron’s updated strategy, unveiled by CEO Mike Wirth on Wednesday,” according to Reuters. “…Never in my career have I seen a higher confidence outlook,” Wirth told investors. “The best is yet to come.” Such confidence is striking when the U.S. Energy Information Administration expects oil prices to average $55 a barrel next year, down from $69 this year. What a company says is one thing, though. What it does is far more important… “It is therefore notable that Chevron is paring back its capital expenditures by $1 billion from previous guidance to a range of $18 billion to $21 billion per year into 2030. The U.S.’s second-largest oil company also appears to be retrenching – albeit modestly – in the face of significant uncertainty over the supply and demand balance in the global oil market… “There is need for significant investment to close the oil supply gap, equivalent to five Saudi Arabias” over the next decade, Wirth said. Crucially, Chevron noted it plans to keep production in the U.S. Permian shale basin stable at 1 million bpd through 2040 while also reducing investment to around $3.5 billion per year from $4.5 billion to $5 billion currently. Chevron argues that improved drilling techniques will enable it to maintain production without having to drill new wells at the current pace – a fairly bold forecast given standard practices for shale oil drilling, also known as fracking.”

Press release: TC Energy : Congratulations Ksi Lisims LNG – Canada one step closer to becoming an LNG superpower
11/13/25

“Congratulations to Nisga’a Nation on Ksi Lisims LNG and the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project being referred to the Major Projects Office. Indigenous leadership is shaping Canada’s energy future-through Indigenous co-ownership, this net-zero project will deliver lasting benefits and create meaningful opportunities for Indigenous and local communities in British Columbia. Today’s announcement further strengthens Canada as an emerging LNG superpower. With Ksi Lisims LNG and LNG Canada Phase 2 elevated to the Major Projects Office, it is clear that natural gas infrastructure and projects are fundamentally aligned with Canada’s broader national interests. “I will say it once more: Canada has a time-bound opportunity to strengthen its economic sovereignty and global position through strategic energy infrastructure development. Achieving this requires Canada to maintain its momentum and develop regulatory frameworks that provide process certainty, enable timely development of critical infrastructure and provide competitive investment frameworks,” said TC Energy President and Chief Executive Officer, François Poirier.”

Guardian: Plan for Australia’s largest carbon capture project near Darwin criticised as creating ‘dumping ground’
Petra Stock, 11/13/25

“Oil and gas giant Inpex has proposed Australia’s largest carbon capture facility in waters off the Northern Territory, which climate advocates have warned could turn Darwin into a carbon dumping ground,” the Guardian reports. “The Bonaparte carbon capture and storage (CCS) project proposes to pipe and store 8m to 10m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into an underground aquifer located about 250km offshore west of Darwin, according to documents lodged with the federal environment department. Analysts said those volumes – if achieved – would make it one of the largest CCS projects in the world, while noting that most failed to meet their targets. The Bonaparte project, a joint venture between Inpex, TotalEnergies and Woodside Energy, involved sourcing CO2 from “a range of industrial facilities in the region”, including nearby liquefied natural gas plants, and eventually imports from the Asia Pacific. Carbon emissions would be transported offshore via a pipeline through Darwin harbour… “Josh Runciman, the lead Australian gas analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, told the Guardian most CO2 captured by the industry was used for enhanced oil recovery, a way to extract more oil and gas from reservoirs. In practice, he told the Guardian most CCS projects designed purely to capture and store carbon dioxide had “massively underperformed”, and many ceased operation sooner than intended… “Environment Centre NT told the Guardian the proposals risked turning the Top End into the “world’s largest carbon dumping ground…Carbon capture and storage is just a fossil fuel industry’s excuse to keep extracting coal and gas while pretending to care about climate change.”

CBC: Deep Sky carbon capture gets pushback in Pipestone [VIDEO]
11/13/25

“Nearly 200 people packed Pipestone Community Hall Wednesday to discuss a proposed carbon capture facility that could be coming to southwestern Manitoba. Residents say they worry about potential effects on hydro, water, noise, culture and the local environment,” the CBC reports.

Reuters: Can Peru reboot its Amazon oil? Pollution fallout and local opposition loom
Alexander Villegas, 11/13/25

“Near a remote bend of the Patoyacu River in Peru’s northern Amazon, Wilmer Macusi stood atop a rusty pipeline cutting through the jungle, swirling a branch in the pool of stagnant water surrounding it,” Reuters reports. “They say this is clean,” Macusi, a 25-year-old Indigenous Urarina leader, pointing to the spot where an oil spill occurred in early 2023, told Reuters. “But if you move the water, oil still comes out.” Black droplets bubbled to the surface as plastic barriers meant to contain the spill drooped into the water. The pipeline links a nearby oilfield, Block 8, to the larger government-owned North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)… “But Indigenous groups say oil extraction over the past half-century brought pollution, not progress, and are opposed to a fresh wave of development… “While the amount of oil at stake is relatively small, the plans have fueled tensions over past spills, stoking Indigenous opposition at a time Brazil, Ecuador and Guyana are trying to expand their Amazon oil frontiers. Frustration about climate action and forest protection boiled over at the COP30 climate summit this week, when dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the venue and clashed with security guards.”

TODAY IN GREENWASHING

Mount Royal University: MRU Indigenous students deepen their roots
Daniel Santiago, 11/13/25

“…For the second year in a row, TC Energy has funded a back-to-the-land retreat for Mount Royal University students participating in Career Services’ Indigenous Career Mentorship Program,” Mount Royal University reports. “…When it was first developed in 2021, creating a retreat for Indigenous students wasn’t viable. That changed in February 2024, when TC Energy learned about Canada’s first Indigenous career mentorship program and committed $10,000 in funding.”

OPINION

New York Daily News: Power for the public: Hochul’s practical thinking on natural gas pipeline
New York Daily News Editorial Board, 11/1/25

“Gov. Hochul was right to sign off on a 24-mile natural gas pipeline bringing the fuel to New York,” the New York Daily News Editorial Board writes. “The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline (NESE), once denigrated by the governor as the state moved towards implementing the clean energy goals it set out with much fanfare in 2019, had received both business and labor support, but most importantly, it will help the state head off the real possibility of energy shortfalls and blackouts. Now, let’s be clear that the push to move away from fossil fuels and dirty energy generation is worthwhile, and not just some liberal fantasia. The threat and consequences of climate change are very real, and it should be in any state’s long-term interest to prioritize clean and renewable energy involving not only technologies like wind and solar, but also atomic power, which, to her credit, Hochul is also pursuing. But if we have to lean on certain stopgaps like this natural gas pipeline, so be it, but Hochul is correct that the state’s focus should be on continuing to develop a wide range of energy solutions with a specific emphasis on continuing towards the long-term objectives of clean energy independence, even as we continue using alternatives… “It is the job of our leaders to make decisions for the good of the whole not only now but in the future, and that means standing firm, even as public support for renewables might wax or wane. This sign-off doesn’t mean that the governor is or should be less committed to continuing down that path, it’s merely a recognition that we’re not getting there fast enough and there are real risks to wishful thinking.”

Anchorage Daily News: The BLM public lands rule is important for tribes and should not be undone
Frank Katchatag of Unalakleet is chairman of the 40-tribe Bering Sea Interior Tribal Commission, 11/12/25

“As chairman of the Bering Sea Interior Tribal Commission and its 40 member tribes, I’m writing to communicate the commission’s strong opposition to the proposed rescission of the Public Lands Rule, also known as Bureau of Land Management’s Conservation and Landscape Health Rule,” Frank Katchatag writes for the Anchorage Daily News. “The rule provides measures that significantly improve the BLM’s ability to manage its public lands. The provisions of the proposed rule providing a meaningful role for tribes in decision-making and management of public lands, promoting the designation and protection of areas of critical environmental concern, and placing conservation on equal footing with other uses in the multiple use framework are key elements the Tribal Commission supports that should be retained… “The Tribal Commission strongly opposes the proposal to rescind the Public Lands Rule and encourages the agency to retain the rule to meet its trust responsibility with tribes and other essential lawful FLPMA requirements.”

Sante Fe New Mexican: Orphan gas wells damage New Mexico
David Bomse, Santa Fe, 11/13/25

“Unplugged, abandoned (‘orphaned’) oil and gas wells hurt New Mexicans in two ways,” David Bomse writes for the Sante Fe New Mexican. “The first is financial. Plugging orphaned wells will cost New Mexican taxpayers more than $200 million; future liability very likely exceeds $700 million. The second problem is pollution. Abandoned wells contaminate groundwater and contribute to global warming by emitting methane… “New rules proposed by the state Oil Conservation Commission will require well owners to put aside $150,000 per well to ensure money is available to plug the well when it is no longer productive. The rules are fair: Well owners are responsible for cleaning up their own messes.”