EXTRACTED: Daily News Clips 10/29/25

PIPELINE NEWS

• E&E News: Can the US and Canada revive Keystone XL?

• Reuters: Canada regulator pauses review of Trans Mountain’s interim tolls application

• Dakota Scout: Landowner who sparked pipeline revolt sues company for trespassing

WASHINGTON UPDATES

• E&E News: Whitehouse voices new optimism on permitting

• Inside Climate News: Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts

• E&E News: Explaining Trump’s energy bet: Win on gas, lose on renewables

• E&E News: Here’s who’s staffing the White House energy council

• E&E News: Greens ask court to revisit air pollution rulings

• Canary Media: Despite Trump troubles, Hyundai charges ahead with green-steel project

STATE UPDATES

• WTEN: Hochul to appeal court ordered compliance with state climate law

• Source NM: Nearly 900 people sign environmental groups’ petition for stricter New Mexico oil and gas rules

• Latitude Media: Topsoe pauses work on Virginia factory, as electrolyzer demand dips

• WRIC: Environmental groups call on Virginia DEQ to deny air permit for Chesterfield power plant

• Nebraska Examiner: OPPD delays vote on North Omaha power plant transition from coal to natural gas

• WTVY: Carbon capture pipeline proposal sparks opposition in Covington County

• The Advocate: Louisiana lawyer suing oil companies argues cases will help, not hurt, future drilling

EXTRACTION

• Reuters: Countries’ new climate plans to start cutting global emissions, U.N. says

• Reuters: IEA forecasts record LNG growth to lower prices, spur demand

• Calgary Herald: Oilsands emissions rise slightly with new production, even as industry makes progress on GHGs

• Phys.org: Remote sensing helps confirm Aliso Canyon methane plumes traveled at least 6.2 miles downwind during blowout

CLIMATE FINANCE

• Bloomberg: Banks Earn More Fees From Green Bonds Than Big Oil Issuance

• Pipeline & Gas Journal: EnCap Secures $2 Billion to Advance PennEnergy’s Marcellus Gas Expansion

OPINION

• The Cap Times: Few benefits, much risk with Line 5

• Colorado Newsline: Don’t let Trump’s fake ‘energy emergency’ harm Coloradans
  

PIPELINE NEWS

E&E News: Can the US and Canada revive Keystone XL?
Carlos Anchondo, Mike Soraghan, 10/29/25

“The Keystone XL oil pipeline has been dead for years — but leaders of Canada and the United States are mulling a revival of the cross-border project. Any plan will depend, in part, on cooling a trade war between the two countries,” E&E News reports. ”…Many of Trump’s trade deals involve “billions of dollars of new investment, billions of big projects — things that really look good at the announcement,” Christopher Sands, director of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Canadian Studies, told E&E. “They’re often, as we’ve seen so far, a little thin on details, and the follow-through is critical.” “…Others said Carney is likely trying to get on Trump’s good side. Paul Blackburn, an attorney for the Bold Alliance pipeline opposition group, told E&E bringing up the Keystone XL project is a way to ingratiate himself with Trump with few consequences. “Unfortunately, you live in a time where, you know, the president’s whims can make a huge difference in terms of what all kinds of people around the world say and do,” Blackburn told E&E. “It’s a political card to play.” The oil and gas industry is unlikely to invest in a big, brand-new pipeline like Keystone XL right now to move Canadian oil into the United States, he told E&E. More likely, Blackburn told E&E, is the expansion of existing cross-border pipelines. That could include Enbridge’s Line 3/Line 93 system, which moves crude 1,174 miles from Edmonton, Alberta, in western Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. Oil imports from Canada have not been rising very fast, he told E&E, and expanding an existing line can be done much more cheaply. “I would assume industry always looks for the cheapest solution,” Blackburn told E&E. “There’s cheaper ways to do it in the long term.” “…Any company that would try to build an oil pipeline will have to take a long-term view that goes beyond Carney and Trump, Ernie Goss, an economics professor at Creighton University, told E&E. “There are dangers of moving forward because the upfront costs are so great,” Goss, who once authored a report on Keystone XL’s economic effects in Nebraska, told E&E.”

Reuters: Canada regulator pauses review of Trans Mountain’s interim tolls application
Ashitha Shivaprasad, 10/27/25

“The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) said on Monday it has approved Trans Mountain’s request to pause the regulatory process for its interim tolls application,” Reuters reports. “This includes postponing a public hearing that was scheduled to start on November 17, the CER added. The operator of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline and oil shippers are in talks to resolve a shipping cost dispute that has deterred usage of Canada’s only east-west pipeline and hindered the government’s plan to sell it.”

Dakota Scout: Landowner who sparked pipeline revolt sues company for trespassing
Jonathan Ellis, 10/24/25

“A Brown County couple whose confrontation with a carbon pipeline company enraged private property advocates across the state has filed suit against the company,” the Dakota Scout reports. “Jared and Tara Bossly sued Summit Carbon Solutions and its associated companies and agents, accusing them of trespassing in two incidents that occurred in the spring of 2023. Video of the incidents went viral, helping to coalesce opponents of Summit’s plan to use eminent domain in its bid to install a carbon capture pipeline in the Upper Midwest. Ultimately, those opponents succeeded at the ballot box in blocking legislation that would have opened the door to Summit’s project in South Dakota. Following that 2024 effort, anti-pipeline lawmakers succeeded in passing legislation stripping carbon pipelines from using eminent domain. Gov. Larry Rhoden signed the legislation in March.”

WASHINGTON UPDATES

E&E News: Whitehouse voices new optimism on permitting
Kelsey Brugger, 10/29/25

“Proposals for sweeping federal permitting reforms have been circulating Capitol Hill, and one key senator involved said lawmaker discussions are “pretty constant right now,” E&E News reports. “Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, told E&E he’s eyeing the end of the year to release a framework that’s “clear enough as to where we’re going.” “We’d like to see one large, balanced package,” he told E&E. “I would hope we’d have something fairly distinctly, concretely by the end of this year… “The comments were something of a public about-face for Whitehouse, who last week spent several minutes during a committee hearing warning that the Trump administration’s widespread attacks on clean energy projects stand to impede a deal of any kind. While he continues to stress that concern, he sounded notably optimistic Tuesday. “I think there’s good faith on all four corners,” Whitehouse told E&E, referring to Environment Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee (R-Utah), and ranking member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.). He had less concern for what’s happening in the Republican-led House, where committees are pulling together proposals with bold ideas on the grid and changes to the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act. “The EPW team is keeping an eye on that, but we’re really trying to negotiate our own bill with Chair Capito and Lee,” he told E&E.”

Inside Climate News: Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts
Dana Drugmand, 10/26/25

“As efforts continue to hold some of the world’s largest fossil fuel corporations liable for destructive and deadly climate impacts, backlash from the politically powerful oil and gas industry and its allies in government is on the rise, bolstered by the Trump administration’s allegiance to fossil fuels,” Inside Climate News reports. “From lobbying Congress for liability protection to suing states over their climate liability laws and lawsuits, attempts to shield Big Oil from potential liability and to shut down climate accountability initiatives are advancing on multiple fronts. “The effort has escalated dramatically in the past six or seven months,” Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, an organization that advocates for holding fossil fuel companies accountable for selling products they knew were dangerously warming the planet, told ICN… “In response to these budding accountability efforts, the fossil fuel industry, the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress and GOP attorneys general are mounting what Wiles describes as a “massive orchestrated campaign” to try to stop climate liability laws and lawsuits in their tracks, and to push for legal immunity akin to what gun manufacturers received two decades ago. Trump’s Department of Justice has even filed highly unusual, if not unprecedented, lawsuits against Vermont and New York seeking to overturn their climate superfund statutes. “It’s just this superbly choreographed effort on the part of the oil industry and its allies to get gun-industry-style legal immunity for all the damage that they’ve caused,” Wiles told ICN.”

E&E News: Explaining Trump’s energy bet: Win on gas, lose on renewables
Benjamin Storrow, Sara Schonhardt, 10/29/25

“The U.S. and China are headed in opposite directions on energy. That divergence will be on display when the presidents of the world’s leading gas and renewable producers meet Thursday,” E&E News reports. “President Donald Trump has doubled down on fossil fuels since returning to the White House, serving as salesman-in-chief as he pressures allies and trade partners into buying more American oil and gas. The approach contrasts sharply with China, which under President Xi Jinping has emerged as a clean energy superpower. China is rapidly expanding its renewable capacity while flooding global markets with solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles… “The U.S. and China, moving forward, are trying to sell rival energy export models with the U.S. built around fossil fuels and the Chinese built around cheap renewables,” Gregory Brew, an energy analyst at the Eurasia Group, told E&E. “It’s unclear who’s going to come out ahead.” “…The U.S. and China are appealing to consumers for different reasons. American LNG is increasingly cheap, thanks to a wave of new supply expected to come online in the coming years. Chinese-made solar panels are easy to install and limit countries’ exposure to the fluctuations in global gas prices… “Yet there are limits to LNG’s growth. Even if gas is increasingly a bargain, building the regasification terminals that are needed to import it are expensive… “Against that backdrop, Chinese-made solar panels have emerged as a low-cost alternative.”

E&E News: Here’s who’s staffing the White House energy council
Robin Bravender, 10/27/25

“A small team of energy industry alumni and political insiders is working inside the White House to coordinate President Donald Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ agenda across the government,” E&E News reports. “Eight months after the official launch of Trump’s National Energy Dominance Council, the White House has installed a cadre of staffers tasked with advancing the president’s goals of boosting domestic energy production and slashing regulations… “To staff the new council, Agen told E&E, “We took people directly from industry in particular areas — oil and gas, coal mining, nuclear — and so we have a very small team. It’s a startup within the White House.” The council’s chair — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — and its other members are prominent public officials, including Senate-confirmed Cabinet members and senior White House aides. The staffers running the council’s day-to-day operations within the White House aren’t as well known. They’re working behind the scenes to make energy a ‘central focus’ of Trump’s White House, Agen told E&E.”

E&E News: Greens ask court to revisit air pollution rulings
Sean Reilly, 10/27/25

“Environmental and community advocates are seeking do-overs of two recent court decisions tied to different types of air pollution releases,” E&E News reports. “In a motion filed last week, California Communities Against Toxics, the Sierra Club and several other groups asked the full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to revisit a three-judge panel’s unanimous opinion to revive a legal shield for industrial permitting violations for excess releases stemming from plant emergencies. The panel’s opinion conflicts with prior rulings ‘as well as with precedent barring end runs around core statutory requirements,’ lawyers for the groups wrote in seeking an en banc review. In a Monday order, the court set a Nov. 12 deadline for EPA and industry challengers to respond to the petition.”

Canary Media: Despite Trump troubles, Hyundai charges ahead with green-steel project
Alexander C. Kaufman, 10/29/25

“Hyundai Motor Group says its plan to invest $6 billion in a low-carbon steel plant in Louisiana ​“remains unchanged,” despite the Trump administration’s cuts to tax credits for the green hydrogen needed to produce clean iron and a recent immigration raid on a factory the automaker is building in Georgia,” Canary Media reports. “In a statement last week to NPR’s Gulf States Newsroom, Hyundai said the company’s investment ​“is centered on creating thousands of high-quality American jobs.” “…The Louisiana facility, set to come online in 2029, has emerged as the United States’ leading green-steel initiative. “This is going to be the flagship project when it comes to green steel,” Matthew Groch, senior director of decarbonization at the environmental group Mighty Earth, told Canary.”

STATE UPDATES

WTEN: Hochul to appeal court ordered compliance with state climate law
Johan Sheridan, 10/27/25

“New York State Supreme Court Justice Julian Schreibman ordered the Department of Environmental Conservation to issue new regulations to meet the emissions reduction goals of the state’s 2019 climate law on Friday. On Monday, Governor Kathy Hochul said her administration plans to appeal the ruling,” WTEN reports. “She also indicated a preference for changing the law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. The ruling mandates that the DEC draft and release rules complying with the CLCPA by February 6. Caroline Chen, an attorney for the plaintiffs in the case and the director of environmental justice at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, called the decision a “major win for New York’s environment and the rule of law.”

Source NM: Nearly 900 people sign environmental groups’ petition for stricter New Mexico oil and gas rules
Danielle Prokop, 10/27/25

“New Mexico environmental organizations on Monday submitted a petition with nearly 900 signatures urging a state board to adopt stricter rules for cleaning up oil and gas companies’ ‘orphaned wells,’” Source NM reports. “The state faces ballooning costs to clean up such wells, which can pollute groundwater and surrounding air, and also reduce surrounding wells’ efficiency. New Mexico has already spent tens of millions of dollars to plug about 1,000 wells since 2019, with more than 1,400 remaining. Legislative analysts in June recommended updating the state’s rules around the bonds companies must guarantee to better reflect the costs for cleanup. The proposed rules, introduced by regulators from the New Mexico State Land Office and the state Oil Conservation Division and backed by over a dozen environmental groups, would do just that.”

Latitude Media: Topsoe pauses work on Virginia factory, as electrolyzer demand dips
Amena H. Saiyid, 10/27/25

“Danish manufacturer Topsoe has paused work on its $400 million electrolyzer factory in Richmond, Virginia, citing the poor demand for green hydrogen due to the early sunsetting of a federal tax credit that promised to jumpstart this sector,” Latitude Media reports. “Topsoe, which last year received $135 million in advanced manufacturing tax credits, has “paused” its work on the Virginia plant ahead of reaching a final investment decision, spokesperson Gabe Martinez confirmed; the company is evaluating market conditions, such as demand and supply chain constraints before deciding if and when to move forward. “Looking ahead, increased demand will be critical as the hydrogen industry matures,” Martinez told Latitude. “Unlocking that demand will require strong policy support, infrastructure investments, and continued cost reductions as production scales.” The firm’s decision echoes a move made earlier this year by the Norwegian Nel Hydrogen to cancel its planned electrolyzer factory in Michigan. Together, they underscore the risk a nascent cleantech sector faces when priorities change under a new administration. Martin Tengler, head of BloombergNEF’s hydrogen research, told Latitude that he is “not surprised” by Topsoe’s pull-back: “If there is no demand for green hydrogen, then there’s no demand for electrolyzers, the machines used to produce green hydrogen.”

WRIC: Environmental groups call on Virginia DEQ to deny air permit for Chesterfield power plant
Jessie Nguyen, 10/28/25

“Several environmental groups have spoken out against Dominion Energy’s plans for a power plant in Chesterfield, calling on the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to deny the plant’s air permit and prevent future construction,” WRIC reports. “According to a release on Tuesday, Oct. 28, community groups including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), have submitted formal comments to the DEQ urging a denial of Dominion’s air permit for the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center… “The groups cited environmental justice concerns as the power plant “poses a grave threat to the health of nearby communities.” “…According to the release, the groups said pollution emitted from the plant could cause an average of 6.7 premature deaths and over 14,600 illnesses annually in the region. This could result in $88.5 million in annual health costs for surrounding communities.”

Nebraska Examiner: OPPD delays vote on North Omaha power plant transition from coal to natural gas
Zach Wendling, 10/29/25

“The Omaha Public Power District delayed a vote this month to move forward on a decade-old plan to transfer two coal units at a North Omaha power plant to natural gas. The delay came a week after Nebraska’s attorney general sued the public utility,” the Nebraska Examiner reports. “… North Omaha residents have long petitioned for the change, largely citing health concerns, including a higher prevalence of respiratory issues… “At the Oct. 15 meeting, OPPD Director Mary Spurgeon, board vice president, said the decision to delay the vote came after “due diligence” and as the elected representatives had evaluated “new information” related to the North Omaha power plant over several months… “Multiple residents, as well as State Sen. Terrell McKinney, one of two lawmakers whose districts cover North Omaha, told OPPD they’ve seen something different on the ground… “McKinney led an Oct. 15 letter with nine other state senators urging Hilgers to withdraw his lawsuit. Progressive lawmakers described his actions as “inappropriate and politically motivated” and wrote that the lawsuit “threatens to derail years of public work, community engagement and hard-won progress toward environmental safety.” “This lawsuit sends a chilling message to every Nebraskan fighting for healthy communities that when a community finally compels action from public institutions, the state’s top lawyer may step in to stop it,” the letter states.”

WTVY: Carbon capture pipeline proposal sparks opposition in Covington County
Jacklynn Lambert, 10/28/25

“Citizens in Covington County voiced opposition to a proposed carbon capture project during a public meeting on Tuesday morning, expressing concerns about environmental and safety risks,” WTVY reports. “Reliant CCS wants to construct a pipeline through the county that would connect to North Alabama and transport carbon dioxide from coal-powered plants to be stored underground… “Ashley Driver, a county resident and mother of five, said the project poses long-term risks. “This is posing threats for generations to come, you know. And I just feel like it’s not worth it,” Driver said. “It’s a band-aid fix with long-term risks.” Driver’s primary concern centers on groundwater contamination and potential effects on schools and homes… “Amber Thompson, a Covington County resident and student, raised concerns about the project’s impact on local wildlife and ecosystems… “Reliant plans public question sessions in towns like Florala as they work toward federal approval.”

The Advocate: Louisiana lawyer suing oil companies argues cases will help, not hurt, future drilling
David J. Mitchell, 10/28/25

“For years, oil and gas companies have argued that litigation seeking to have the industry pay for historic environmental damage to Louisiana’s coast and groundwater has been a deal killer for new drilling, creating financial risks that have scared off operators and stymied new jobs. But one of the chief architects of lawsuits filed by Louisiana parishes against the oil companies is contending that the opposite would be true over the long term if the suits are ultimately successful,” The Advocate reports. “Baton Rouge lawyer John Carmouche says addressing the decades of environmental damage and leftover oil-and-gas infrastructure on the coast would clear away a major obstacle for new drilling by operators looking to enter the market. “They can’t go operate because they don’t want to be held responsible for something they didn’t do,” Carmouche told the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday. “So, my opinion is, which I strive for, and I talk to independent oil companies all over the country, is, ‘Hey, let’s get rid of the liability and come ‘drill, baby, drill.’ That’s what the state needs.” “Nobody’s fighting oil companies to come in and be responsible and put the jobs back, but they will not come unless somebody takes responsibility for the mess that’s in our coast,” he added. “So when these lawsuits are over, I think it’s going to be an economic boom in the state of Louisiana.”

EXTRACTION

Reuters: Countries’ new climate plans to start cutting global emissions, U.N. says
Kate Abnett, 10/28/25

“The latest climate pledges by governments will cause global greenhouse gas emissions to start to fall in the next 10 years, but not nearly fast enough to prevent worsening climate change and extreme weather, the U.N. said on Tuesday,” Reuters reports. “The analysis by the United Nations’ climate change secretariat (UNFCCC) suggested that, if countries’ plans for tackling climate change are carried out, the yearly amount of planet-warming gases added to the atmosphere would decrease 10% by 2035, from 2019 levels. The calculation marked the first time the UNFCCC has forecast a steady decline in global emissions, which have consistently increased since 1990. The projected 10% cut is far short of the 60% emissions drop needed by 2035 to limit global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures – the threshold beyond which scientists say it would unleash far more severe impacts. That shortfall adds pressure ahead of next month’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil for countries to step up their efforts – even as the United States rolls back climate policies under President Donald Trump. “Humanity is now clearly bending the emissions curve downwards for the first time, although still not nearly fast enough,” UNFCCC head Simon Stiell said.”

Reuters: IEA forecasts record LNG growth to lower prices, spur demand
Nora Buli, 10/27/25

“A record wave of new liquefied natural gas production capacity coming online until 2030 is set to transform gas market dynamics by strengthening global supply security and easing market pressure, the International Energy Agency said on Monday,” Reuters reports. “The IEA said in its “Gas 2025” medium-term outlook report that 300 billion cubic metres per year of LNG export capacity is set to be added by 2030, primarily in the United States and Qatar. This translates into a potential net LNG supply increase of 250 bcm a year by 2030, the Paris-based agency added. “Barring unexpected disruptions, this is forecast to result in lower prices in the years ahead and spur higher demand,” it said.”

Calgary Herald: Oilsands emissions rise slightly with new production, even as industry makes progress on GHGs
Steven Wilhelm, 10/29/25

“Greenhouse gas emissions from Canada’s sprawling oilsands went up by less than one per cent in 2024, even as production continued to climb, a new report says,” the Calgary Herald reports. “S&P Global Inc.’s analysis shows oilsands companies are making progress in cutting emissions for every barrel of production — known as emissions intensity — even as overall emissions increase… “Still, the report underlines the challenges of meeting Canada’s climate commitments. Under Premier Danielle Smith, Alberta is the main proponent seeking approvals for a new export pipeline that would ship a million barrels of oil per day to the B.C. coast, which would require significant increases in new production. The industry is cutting the amount of greenhouse gases it’s emitting for every barrel of oil it produces, which means emissions may continue to rise as companies increase production, according to Birn. The report says emissions intensity declined by three per cent last year compared to 2023, dipping to 57 kilograms of carbon dioxide per barrel of crude oil. Meanwhile, production jumped by 150,000 barrels per day, which meant that overall emissions rose by less than a million metric tons of C02 equivalent, or less than one per cent.”

Phys.org: Remote sensing helps confirm Aliso Canyon methane plumes traveled at least 6.2 miles downwind during blowout
Mike Fricano, University of California, Los Angeles, 10/28/25

“Using a mix of airborne and satellite images as well as data from ground sensors, a UCLA-led research team has reconstructed how the shape and reach of the methane plumes from the 2015–16 Aliso Canyon gas blowout evolved during the 112-day disaster,” Phys.org reports. “Starting from the beginning of the disaster in October and up until the end of the disaster in February, methane plumes from the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility likely reached at least 6.2 miles downwind from the blowout site into the nearby Porter Ranch neighborhood in northwestern Los Angeles County. The study also confirmed earlier estimates of total emissions of nearly 100,000 metric tons of methane during the blowout, which is equivalent to 20% of all of California’s annual methane emissions and double the typical methane emission rate for the Los Angeles Basin.”

CLIMATE FINANCE

Bloomberg: Banks Earn More Fees From Green Bonds Than Big Oil Issuance
Tim Quinson, 10/28/25

“For a fourth straight year, banks are making more money providing loans and underwriting bond sales for green-related projects than they’re earning from fossil fuel companies,” Bloomberg reports. “Together, banks have generated almost $3.5 billion of revenue from climate-focused financing so far this year as of Friday, compared with roughly $2.6 billion from their work with oil, gas and coal companies, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It’s a big change from as recently as 2020, when lenders pocketed almost double the fees from Big Oil (as well as gas and coal) than they did from backing green initiatives. The increase in sustainable-finance volumes should lead to “technological developments that will allow for the decarbonization of high-carbon sectors over the longer term,” said Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Grace Osborne… “BNP Paribas SA, Credit Agricole SA and Deutsche Bank AG are the top underwriters of green bonds since the end of 2021, while JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America Corp. rank as the leading arrangers of bonds and loans for fossil fuel companies, Bloomberg data show.”

Pipeline & Gas Journal: EnCap Secures $2 Billion to Advance PennEnergy’s Marcellus Gas Expansion
10/28/25

“EnCap Investments L.P. has closed a $2 billion continuation vehicle to support the long-term development of PennEnergy Resources, LLC, marking the largest capital raise for a continuation structure in the upstream energy sector to date,” Pipeline & Gas Journal reports. “The vehicle, managed by EnCap, allows existing and new investors to extend their participation in PennEnergy’s Marcellus Shale assets while providing fresh growth capital for future expansion and bolt-on opportunities. The fund is anchored by Andros Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs Alternatives’ Vintage Strategies, with additional commitments from EnCap Energy Capital Fund XII, the EnCap General Partner, and PennEnergy management. The new financing ensures that PennEnergy, a Pittsburgh-based independent focused on Marcellus Shale natural gas production, can continue to develop its high-quality, long-life resource inventory amid a constructive gas market.”

OPINION

The Cap Times: Few benefits, much risk with Line 5
Yvonne Besyk, Salem, 10/28/25

“When the Bad River tribe did not renew the Line 5 lease on their reservation, Enbridge refused to leave until a federal judge ordered it decades later. Now Enbridge wants to reroute Line 5 just outside the Reservation but still within their watershed, dredging and blasting through about 200 waterbodies and 100 acres of wetlands that flow into the Great Lakes,” Yvonne Besyk writes for The Cap Times. “Enbridge is trying to convince folks that they need Line 5 for fuel and jobs when in fact, the Great Lake’s fresh water will be harmed. Construction along Enbridge’s Line 3 has caused ongoing damage in Minnesota using the same techniques they will use for Line 5… “Other sources estimate decommissioning Line 5 would create more jobs than the mere 700 temporary jobs for the reroute… “The truth is Line 5 transports tar sands oil through Canada, using Wisconsin and Michigan as passthroughs to their facilities in Sarnia, Ontario. It supports a foreign company’s profits ($1.6 million to $2 million a day) without significantly benefitting the U.S., yet Wisconsin and Michigan carry the huge risks.”

Colorado Newsline: Don’t let Trump’s fake ‘energy emergency’ harm Coloradans
Silvio Marcacci is senior director of communications at nonpartisan think tank Energy Innovation, a board advisor to the International Council on Clean Transportation and Carbon Business Council, and a Denver resident; Michelle Solomon is manager in Energy Innovation’s Electricity Program, has a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering, and is a Gunnison resident, 10/28/25

“If you had a 50-year old truck that cost thousands to keep running, constantly broke down, and gave your kids asthma, would you keep it or buy a new vehicle that always ran and saved you money?,” Silvio Marcacci and Michelle Solomon write for Colorado Newsline. “…When it does run, Comanche belches millions of pounds of air pollution annually, making people sick — Pueblo has some of Colorado’s highest asthma rates — while its power is shipped to other Front Range communities. Comanche’s remaining two coal-burning generators are scheduled to retire in 2025 and 2031 because Xcel Energy and Colorado’s utility regulators decided its age, significant unplanned closures, and health damage weren’t worth it. Everyone involved, including Pueblo’s community leaders, agreed the best option was replacing Comanche with new generation sources — not burning fossil fuels. But Pueblo’s coal-to-clean transition faces an unexpected problem that could hit Colorado within three months. The U.S. Department of Energy declared an “energy emergency” overriding states and utilities that decided to close aging coal plants to protect families from soaring energy bills and dirty air. New administration announcements will throw $625 million in taxpayer money to subsidize those clunkers… “We think Coloradans deserve the right to decide how we power our homes, protect our kids from dirty air, and insulate our families from surging energy bills. Forcing Comanche to stay online takes away all those rights — it’s an idea that should never come to pass.”