EXTRACTED: Daily News Clips 10/28/25

PIPELINE NEWS

• Calgary Herald: This is what can happen when a carbon pipeline bursts

• Grist: In New York, a pipeline proposal that just won’t die

• Arizona Republic: Where will a new gas pipeline cross Arizona? Environmental advocates question plans

• Press release: Two Major Law Firms Investigate Claims Against Sable Offshore as California Upholds Pipeline Cease and Desist Order

WASHINGTON UPDATES

• E&E News: New Senate public lands caucus charts bipartisan course

• E&E News: DOE nixes climate requirements for loan guarantees

• Utility Dive: Trump taps Swett to lead FERC

• Reuters: US to double natural gas exports in 5 years, and may double them again, Wright says

• Floodlight: Trump move to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states

STATE UPDATES

• E&E News: Energy prices seize spotlight in Virginia, New Jersey races

• Bay City News: Teens march through downtown Oakland, call for companies to pay for pollution

• WyoFile: ‘Energy dominance’ meets migration: All Wyoming corridors overlap with proposed oil and gas leases

• Livingston Parish News: Livingston Parish Council voices opposition to carbon capture project, adopts multiple zoning changes

• Earthworks: On the Texas coast, exporting LNG causes explosions

EXTRACTION

• Canadian Press: Canada not on track to meet 2030 climate targets, report finds

OPINION

• Carbon Herald: Closing The Safety Gap In Carbon Capture

• Taxpayers for Common Sense: Louisiana Taking Steps to Rein in the Threats of Carbon Capture And Congress Should Follow Suit

• KRWG: New Mexico Can’t Afford to Trade Its Climate Future for Short-Term Gains
  

PIPELINE NEWS

Calgary Herald: This is what can happen when a carbon pipeline bursts
Steven Wilhelm, 10/28/25

“On a highway near a small village in Mississippi, car engines stalled, people passed out, and dozens were hospitalized — all while first responders struggled to figure out why. There had been reports of an explosion and a loud roar. Emergency crews suspected a gas line had erupted, causing a mass poisoning,” the Calgary Herald reports. “Thirty minutes in, they knew that the gas was carbon dioxide, according to a post-incident report authored by multiple U.S. agencies. A pipeline carrying liquid CO2 ruptured, forming a crater around 40 feet deep at its lowest point. More than 31,000 barrels spewed into the air over several hours near the small town of Satartia, Miss., in February 2020. As the gas spread throughout the small town, residents fell ill and emergency vehicles stalled. In all, 45 people had to recover in local hospitals, with another 200 evacuated. No one died. While the emergency ended over five years ago, it remains a case study in the potential dangers of capturing carbon and storing it underground — including with the existing and proposed CO2 networks in Alberta, researchers say. “You could entirely have a situation like the one that was in Mississippi, if everything aligns,” Sean McCoy, an associate professor at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering, told the Herald. “These things fail. They are going to fail,” McCoy told the Herald. “If anyone says that there’s no risk, they’ll never fail; that’s just not true, because we know (pipelines) do.” “…The industry has proposed other projects, the largest of which is a $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage network proposed by the Pathways Alliance, a group of the country’s largest oilsands producers… “If concentrations are high enough, people could die, he added. For vehicles with internal combustion engines — including ambulances attempting to respond to the 2020 leak — there may not be enough oxygen for the combustion process, forcing them to stall… “Even though Satartia was just 1.6 kilometres from where the pipeline ruptured, the operator did not plan for a release that might affect the village. Hosseini told the Herald the operator’s models underestimated the distances that CO2 could spread, given the terrain.”

Grist: In New York, a pipeline proposal that just won’t die
Rebecca Egan McCarthy, 10/28/25

“…Now Ed Power sees a different threat to the beach: the Williams’ Company’s Northeastern Supply Enhancement, or NESE, pipeline, which has been revived and fast-tracked over the past few months,” Grist reports. “The pipeline would add to a 10,000-mile network that runs all the way to Texas, carrying fracked gas from Pennsylvania through New York Harbor and terminating off Rockaway Beach, where it will connect to an existing pipeline off the coast of Long Island. “Everything about this is a horror,” Power told Grist. Since 2018, the NESE pipeline proposal has been rejected three times because it failed to meet New York’s water quality standards. The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, warned that its construction would dredge up mercury, copper, and other decades-old contaminants dumped off the coast of the city, endangering marine life and the health of local swimmers. Despite this, Williams recently resubmitted essentially the same proposal, frustrating pipeline opponents who are concerned that the new head of the DEC, appointed by New York State Governor Kathy Hochul in May, could reverse course. That’s because the White House has stepped in and said that it expects Governor Hochul to do just that… “Environmental activists worry that the abbreviated process is a sign that the administration has changed its mind on the proposal, in spite of the evidence previously used to justify striking it down… “The question is: Is the governor going to knowingly build something that’s been determined to be dangerous, expensive, and unpopular?”, Laura Shindell, the New York State Director of Food and Water Action, told Grist.”

Arizona Republic: Where will a new gas pipeline cross Arizona? Environmental advocates question plans
Sarah Henry, 10/27/25

“A new pipeline would bring petroleum from Texas to Arizona, but it raises questions about land use, safety and the future of fossil fuels in the Southwest,” the Arizona Republic reports. “The Western Gateway pipeline, a project of Kinder Morgan and Phillips 66, will run from the Texas panhandle through Arizona to Southern California, delivering petroleum products to cities like Phoenix along the way. It comes just a few months after a natural gas pipeline was approved to run across the state… “With every new pipeline built, communities worry what the unexpected costs on the environment and residents could be… “Kinder Morgan made headlines in 2021 when one of its gas pipelines in Coolidge exploded near a farmhouse killing a man and his 14-year-old daughter, and injuring one more… “The report concluded that Kinder Morgan listed an incorrect kind of protective coating around the pipe in its own database, likely because it underestimated the risk… “Some environmental advocates worry that pipelines like Western Gateway won’t just fuel cars and trucks, but also a changing climate. “You don’t just build a pipeline for a few years,” Sandy Bahr, director of the Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon chapter, told the Republic. The average lifespan of an oil or gas pipeline is around 50 years. At 1,300 miles long, the Western Gateway pipeline would be a significant investment in Arizona’s fossil fuel future. ”We should be weaning ourselves off of gasoline and investing in alternative transportation.”

Press release: Two Major Law Firms Investigate Claims Against Sable Offshore as California Upholds Pipeline Cease and Desist Order
10/28/25

“Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of purchasers of Sable Offshore Corp.Investors who purchased Sable securities prior to May 21, 2025… “The investigation concerns whether Sable and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged incorporate wrongdoing – as announced by the law firm it their press release… “Another law firm, Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP (http://www.faruqilaw.com/), a leading securities law firm, has also launched an investigation into potential claims on behalf of Sable Offshore Corp. investors following a significant California court ruling that upheld the California Coastal Commission’s cease and desist order on the company’s Santa Ynez oil project pipeline. The decision, which blocks critical repairs to the Las Flores Pipeline System, led to a 26.4% plunge in Sable’s stock price, raising serious concerns for shareholders. Judge Thomas Anderle of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court issued a tentative ruling denying Sable Offshore’s bid to overturn the Coastal Commission’s order… “This injunction, as detailed in an Investing.com article led to concerns over project delays and costs, causing Sable’s stock to drop $5.04 per share—or 15.3%—closing at $27.89.”

WASHINGTON UPDATES

E&E News: New Senate public lands caucus charts bipartisan course
Garrett Downs, 10/28/25

“A bipartisan Senate caucus aimed at protecting public lands charted its course at a launch event Monday, just months after a congressional push to sell public lands rallied dozens of lawmakers to kill the proposal,” E&E News reports. “The group, dubbed the “Senate Stewardship Caucus,” will focus on promoting bipartisan legislation to conserve public lands and waters. “We are at an inflection point with our public lands,” co-Chair Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) said at the launch in Washington’s Union Station. “It’s time we reinvigorate our focus on stewarding those public lands, how those public lands work together, how they work with their local communities, how they work with industry and make sure that we are actually serving the needs of the American people.”

E&E News: DOE nixes climate requirements for loan guarantees
Brian Dabbs, 10/28/25

“The Department of Energy will no longer require developers to curtail emissions and conduct community outreach to secure loan guarantees,” E&E News reports. “DOE nixed the requirements Monday in new rules that implement provisions from the Republican megalaw, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The rules dramatically expand the types of projects eligible under the DOE Loan Programs Office’s 1706 program, which previously targeted projects that retooled or replaced existing infrastructure. For some energy experts, those changes suggest the department plans to underwrite more projects in the near future. “It seems like they’re getting more serious about doing some financing,” Douglas Dua, a partner at the Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP law firm, told E&E.”

Utility Dive: Trump taps Swett to lead FERC
Robert Walton, 10/24/25

“President Donald Trump has named Republican Laura Swett as the new head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency announced Friday,” Utility Dive reports. “…Swett was nominated by Trump in June and confirmed by the Senate on Oct. 7 to serve a term expiring June 2030. She replaces Commissioner David Rosner, a Democrat who briefly chaired FERC following the departure of Republican Mark Christie in August. FERC currently has one open seat. Along with Swett and Rosner, it consists of Commissioner Lindsay See, a Republican, and Commissioner Judy Chang, a Democrat. Republican David LaCerte, previously in the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, was confirmed by the Senate alongside Swett this month but has not yet taken his seat at FERC… “We applaud the Administration on this announcement and welcome this step to enhancing the role the United States will play in global energy markets,” Center for Liquefied Natural Gas Executive Director Charlie Riedl said in a statement… “The Natural Gas Supply Association and Electric Power Supply Association also said they support Swett’s selection to lead FERC.”

Reuters: US to double natural gas exports in 5 years, and may double them again, Wright says
Emily Chow, 10/27/25

“The U.S. will double its natural gas exports over the next five years and could double them again in the following five or ten years “if demand is there, and I suspect it will be,” U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said by video to a conference in Singapore on Monday,” according to Reuters.

Floodlight: Trump move to boost greenhouse, toxic emissions in Gulf states
Terry L. Jones, 10/28/25

“Residents of the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast are bracing for their latest environmental setback: A two-year exemption loosening emissions standards at some petrochemical plants — a move that could pump nearly 5.3 million additional tons of air pollution each year into their neighborhoods,” Floodlight reports. “According to an analysis by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), five petrochemical facilities planning expansions along the coast would be exempt from rules limiting emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gasses and other hazardous emissions. The facilities include two in Texas and three in Louisiana that make products ranging from pesticides to plastic resins. Advocates told Floodlight the exemption deals yet another blow from President Donald Trump to the predominantly Black and brown communities located near these facilities, which are already overburdened by pollution. “Our lives don’t matter,” Tish Taylor, a community activist and lifelong resident of the corridor in southeast Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley,” where she says residents are routinely subjected to chemical smells and “fog” from the high concentration of polluting facilities, told Floodlight. “Nothing that Trump does says that he cares about people. Everything about his actions shows his disdain for poor and Black people specifically, but poor in general.” Since taking office this year, Trump has made it his mission to dismantle the previous administration’s moves to improve environmental justice and lower greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change.”

STATE UPDATES

E&E News: Energy prices seize spotlight in Virginia, New Jersey races
Timothy Cama, Adam Aton, 10/28/25

“Closely watched gubernatorial campaigns in Virginia and New Jersey are serving as testing grounds for how candidates will use surging electricity prices to their advantage in next year’s midterm elections,” E&E News reports. “…What’s different this year is the unprecedented spike in U.S. electricity demand — and voters’ concerns about soaring energy prices. In New Jersey, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill will face Republican Jack Ciattarelli. In Virginia, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger will face Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. Both Democrats are favored to win in most polling. Democrats point to the Republican-led One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which terminated tax credits for wind, solar and other clean energy technologies, as well as President Donald Trump’s cancellations of major renewable energy projects and grants. “Utility bills are rising and hitting families in ways that feel difficult to stomach. And Donald Trump is canceling projects he doesn’t like because he thinks they’re Democratic projects,” Dan Kanninen, a Democratic pollster who leads Arc Initiatives and worked for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, told E&E… “Energy and affordability are a key issue,” Sen. Anthony Bucco, the Republican leader in the New Jersey Senate, told E&E, pointing to both rising utility bills and Murphy’s doomed effort to develop offshore wind. “The Democrat policy was too much, too fast,” he told E&E, pointing to both Murphy’s renewable energy goals as well as national Democrats’ opposition to fossil fuel development… “Polling from Fairleigh Dickinson University in August found that voters mainly blame Murphy and utilities for the price hikes, depending on the voters’ party preferences.”

Bay City News: Teens march through downtown Oakland, call for companies to pay for pollution
Andres Jimenez Larios, 10/26/25

“Dozens of high school students walked out of their classrooms in downtown Oakland on Friday morning before marching through the streets, chanting and demanding that large corporations take responsibility for their contributions to climate change,” Bay City News reports. “ The young people were a part of a wider planned effort across several Bay Area cities to call for the passage of Senate Bill 684, also known as the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which would require companies to pay into a statewide fund for their climate footprint that would then be used for environmental projects. In Oakland, students gathered at Snow Park where they made signs and organized alongside other climate activist groups. Their march started off in the park, then moved to the headquarters of PG&E, before finally making their way to City Hall for an afternoon rally centered on promoting a greener future. Xochitl Cortez, executive director and co-founder of Oakland-based advocacy group Frontline Catalysts, told the News she was excited to see students participate in grassroots organizing for a cause they personally feel passionate about. She told the News the goal of Friday’s march through downtown is to pressure lawmakers to pass legislation in response to companies she believes pollute the environment with impunity.”

WyoFile: ‘Energy dominance’ meets migration: All Wyoming corridors overlap with proposed oil and gas leases
Mike Koshmrl, 10/24/25

“A federal auction scheduled for June proposes leasing tracts of all three protected Wyoming migration corridors to oil and gas drilling, and it also opens the door to rigs within a now-unprotected pronghorn corridor that’s eyed for protections of its own,” WyoFile reports. “The potential for industrial incursion into habitats that prized ungulate populations depend on to reach their seasonal ranges in the Platte, Little Snake and Green River basins comes via the Bureau of Land Management’s lease sale of more than 250,000 acres in Wyoming. It’s a sale that’s now in the early “scoping” phase and could still change, but what’s been proposed is to auction more than five dozen parcels totalling 88,000 acres that overlap the state’s first three deer migration corridors and its in-the-works pronghorn corridor. The possibility of well pads and industrial infrastructure on the horizon within Wyoming’s most famous migration paths has environmental advocacy groups calling on the BLM to make responsible leasing decisions. “We simply can’t lease and allow development in our big game migration corridors if we want our kids and grandkids to have the same hunting and wildlife viewing opportunities that we’ve enjoyed,” Julia Stuble, the Wyoming state director for The Wilderness Society, told WyoFile.”

Livingston Parish News: Livingston Parish Council voices opposition to carbon capture project, adopts multiple zoning changes
Tom Aswell, 10/27/25

“A packed house greeted the Livingston Parish Council on Thursday as more than 70 residents signed up to speak in support of a resolution introduced by Council Member Dean Coates opposing the permitting and establishment of any Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Class VI injection wells or pipelines within Livingston Parish,” the Livingston Parish News reports. “…He urged those with similar opinions to avoid repetition — a plea that reduced the number of speakers to about 15, each voicing strong opposition to CCS projects in Livingston Parish… “After public comment, the council voted unanimously to adopt the resolution. Several speakers criticized carbon capture projects as offering no permanent jobs for locals and benefiting only corporate tax interests “in Connecticut or Ascension Parish.” Others said one of the currently proposed CCS projects targets lower-income communities and raises environmental justice concerns. State Sen. Valarie Hodges was the only other elected official present. While expressing general support for the oil and gas industry, she said carbon capture “is not oil and gas” and that CSS could go “anywhere else, just not Livingston Parish.” She also raised concerns about the lack of transparency around the chemicals involved. “We need answers,” she said. Parish President Randy Delatte reiterated his opposition to the project, saying his priority is public safety and that “no one has fought harder to oppose this.” He added that federal tax incentives for carbon capture are the main driver of such projects and urged residents to “let the governor do his job,” expressing confidence that the plan would fail.”

Earthworks: On the Texas coast, exporting LNG causes explosions
Allison Woolverton, 10/27/25

“For the last stop of our journey, we joined up with old friends and allies in Freeport, Texas, a coastal town on the Gulf of Mexico, one hour southeast of Houston. Four local grassroots organizations came together to eat home-cooked food and enjoy the sea breeze. But this was no regular picnic,” according to Earthworks. “The beach-side pavilion where the groups gathered rested in the shadow of the massive Freeport LNG facility where liquified ‘natural’ gas (LNG) is loaded onto enormous tanker ships to be combusted overseas. Better Brazoria, Freeport Haven Project, S.A.F.E. Communities, and Climate Conversations Brazoria County gathered with friends and family to commemorate the three year anniversary of Freeport LNG exploding. It was an eruption so powerful it shook homes miles away. It even knocked a lifeguard off her chair in nearby Surfside Beach… “Despite demanding accountability from the company through letters and meetings, Freeport LNG has refused to sit down with residents and tell them what their new emergency response plan is.”

EXTRACTION

Canadian Press: Canada not on track to meet 2030 climate targets, report finds
10/27/25

“A new analysis says Canada is not on track to meet its 2030 or 2035 emissions targets,” the Canadian Press reports. “The study from the Trottier energy institute at Polytechnique Montréal finds that greenhouse gas emissions are projected to fall 20 or 25 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. That’s well below the federal target of a 40 to 45 per cent reduction. The report says emissions from Canada’s electricity sector have dropped 60 per cent below 2005 levels, but those reductions are being offset by increased oil and gas production. It also says the federal government’s decisions to cancel the consumer carbon price and pause the electric-vehicle sales mandate are slowing progress. The analysis calls for a “policy reset” to get Canada on track to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.”

OPINION

Carbon Herald: Closing The Safety Gap In Carbon Capture
Megan Hine, Business Development Manager Clean Energy, Dräger, 10/28/25

“Successfully delivering an energy transition that decarbonises the economy, provides good jobs and halts climate change depends on the safe expansion of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The safe expansion of carbon capture depends on prioritising people,” Megan Hine writes for the Carbon Herald. “When it comes to safety, there’s often a gap between feeling safe and being safe… “At first glance, CO₂ can seem less dangerous than familiar toxic gases such as hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) or carbon monoxide (CO). It isn’t actually classified as acutely toxic under the Global Harmonised System (GHS), but this can create a false sense of security. In reality, concentrated CO₂ poses a double threat: it displaces oxygen and directly affects human physiology… “Unlike simple asphyxiants such as nitrogen, CO₂ actively disrupts breathing, triggering rapid onset of hypercapnia and unconsciousness. That makes it both deceptive and dangerous. The 2020 pipeline rupture in Satartia, Mississippi underscored these risks, when CO₂ released over several hours spread through the surrounding area, leaving residents disoriented and struggling to breathe, even a mile from the leak. The event served as a warning of what can happen when communities and workers are unprepared… “Modern detectors use infrared technology tuned specifically for CO₂, with filters that distinguish hazardous spikes from normal background levels… “Knowing that CO₂ collects at low levels, understanding how it affects the body and recognising symptoms early can save lives. Facilities must also consult experts when selecting monitoring systems and establish protocols that put worker safety at the centre of CCS operations.”

Taxpayers for Common Sense: Louisiana Taking Steps to Rein in the Threats of Carbon Capture And Congress Should Follow Suit
10/27/25

“Louisiana Governor Landry’s recent order to hit “pause” on new carbon dioxide injection-well applications is a victory for Louisiana taxpayers, landowners, and communities who’ve grown tired of footing the bill for risky carbon capture ventures,” Taxpayers for Common Sense writes. “For too long, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been touted as an innovative solution for reducing emissions. Yet despite generous federal tax credits and R&D grants, CCS remains heavily dependent on taxpayer subsidies, threatens private-property rights through eminent domain, and puts communities at risk of groundwater contamination. After spending billions of taxpayer dollars, most CCS projects have been abandoned or underperformed—leaving taxpayers to foot the bill… “And it’s more than money that’s at stake. Carbon pipelines and underground storage sites pose real dangers—ruptures, groundwater contamination, and the looming threat of eminent domain abuse… “Following fierce opposition from local residents and parishes, Governor Landry issued Executive Order JML 25-119, directing the state Department of Energy and Natural Resources to temporarily stop accepting new Class VI well applications—a category of injection wells used by CCS projects to store captured carbon—while the state develops stricter oversight, financial-assurance, and safety standards… “This is not the first step Louisiana policymakers have taken to protect Pelican State taxpayers and communities. The state legislature passed several laws in June to protect landowners from eminent domain abuse by CCS pipeline developers… “Unfortunately, federal lawmakers have gone the opposite direction and doubled down on CCS subsidies… “By declaring this pause, Louisiana is protecting its communities with stronger rules, deeper scrutiny, and a fairer process that prioritizes residents over corporate CCS interests. It’s time for other states—and Congress—to follow suit.”

KRWG: New Mexico Can’t Afford to Trade Its Climate Future for Short-Term Gains
Phil Simpson retired from the Army Research Laboratory at White Sands Missile Range in 2017, and since then has intervened in multiple El Paso Electric cases at the NM Public Regulation Commission, 10/24/25

“On September 19, the Doña Ana County Commission approved an eye-popping $165 billion in industrial revenue bonds for Project Jupiter’s new data center. Buried in that deal is $15 billion for a massive natural gas power plant—a facility that would emit more greenhouse gases than all of El Paso Electric’s power generation in New Mexico and Texas,” Philip Simpson writes for KRWG. “For a state that once prided itself on passing the Energy Transition Act (ETA) in 2019, this raises a troubling question: has New Mexico given up on its climate commitments?… “Project Jupiter insists it complies with the ETA. But that’s only because of an exemption in 2025’s House Bill 93, which reclassifies microgrid power as “non-retail” until 2035. This legal sleight of hand allows fossil generation to sidestep renewable standards. Promises of “net zero by 2045” ring hollow when the state is greenlighting one of the largest new sources of emissions in its history. Supporters point to the project’s promise of 750 permanent jobs and a 10-year public net benefit of $641 million, as listed in the NM Economic Development Department’s October 12th report. But this ignores the environmental and financial harm from the gas plant… “Utility-scale solar paired with battery storage is now less expensive than new gas plants, faster to build, and perfectly suited to New Mexico’s abundant land and sunshine. Instead of doubling down on fossil fuels, the state could be leading the way in clean energy innovation.”