EXTRACTED: Daily News Clips 11/4/25

PIPELINE NEWS

• Earthjustice: Air Products’ Carbon Dioxide Pipeline is Dangerously Close to a School and Neighborhood

• Gonzales Weekly Citizen: New report released analyzing proposed carbon dioxide pipeline in Ascension Parish

• Clinton Herald: County supports pipeline lawsuit

• Reuters: US regulator rejects Colonial Pipeline’s plan to change Northeast gasoline delivery

• WFDD: FERC releases environmental assessment for pipeline project

• Northumberland Daily: Ontario launches feasibility study for east-west pipeline, energy corridor to create jobs

• OilPrice.com: TMX Opens Asia Route As Canadian Crude Discounts Narrow

• Black Belt News Network: Sen. Robert Stewart to host meeting in Uniontown on gas pipeline

• Press release: Over 100 Rally in NYC to Demand Hochul Reject Gas Pipeline

• Press release: Communities to call on TVA to stop the Ridgeline pipeline and invest in clean energy

• Reuters: Greece’s gas operator secures 169.3 mln euros for its carbon storage, pipeline project

WASHINGTON UPDATES

• Politico: More than 100 congressional Dems oppose expanded offshore oil and gas leasing

• E&E News: GOP floats offshore drilling ban as Trump weighs plans

• E&E News: Conservatives to rally for permitting reform

• Ethanol Producer: Hilgers, Bird urge EPA to create opt-in GHG reporting program to preserve 45Q, 45Z availability for ethanol producers

• Press release: Attorney General Hilgers Fights to Protect Tax Credits for Ethanol Producers Under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill

• Inside EPA: Lawyers See More Legal Uncertainty Amid Aggressive Push To Ease NEPA

• E&E News: White House pressured EPA for broad rollback of tailpipe rules

• E&E News: White House wrote half of EPA’s cost-benefit analysis for climate rule rollback

• Bloomberg: Trump’s Power to Abolish Monuments Hangs on Prolonged Ruling

• New York Times: He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go

• Carnegie Endowment: Bipartisan Backlash Against Geoengineering and Carbon Removal in the United States

STATE UPDATES

• E&E News: Fertilizer CEO says Indiana project will capture carbon

• Louisiana Illuminator: Citizen-led pollution monitoring persists in Louisiana, despite law that limits its use

• Politico: Key Assembly Democrats want to delay ban on gas stoves, furnaces in new homes

• Public Radio International: Living on Earth: Gwich’in People Resist Arctic Drilling

• Associated Press: Explosion at New Mexico oil refinery sends thick smoke across Artesia

EXTRACTION

• Bold Energy Builders: When Big Data Comes to Small Town: Data Center Blog Series Part 1

• E&E News: EU climate chief says US absence from COP30 is ‘watershed moment’

• Street Insider: Gevo delivers first certified carbon removal credits to Biorecro

• Press release: From the U.K. to Brazil: How Global Carbon Capture Governance is Converging Ahead of COP30

• Clean Air Task Force: New Innovation Fund awards underscore growing market demand for CO₂ storage and cross-border transport

• Gasworld: Samsung unit to build carbon capture megaproject in Qatar

• Reuters: ExxonMobil warns EU law could force exit from Europe

• Reuters: US shale producers SM Energy, Civitas to merge in $12.8 billion deal

• Manifold Times: Russian oil company Lukoil to sell international assets to Gunvor following US sanctions

TODAY IN GREENWASHING

• The X: Enbridge Gas and London Fire Dept launch project to protect Ontario families

OPINION

• High Country News: The nation’s energy dominance falters

• Environmental Defence: Pathways Alliance is a pathway to another wasteful industry handout.

• Rabble.ca: Donald Trump’s regime change plan for Venezuela spells bad news for Alberta’s oilsands

• Greenpeace: Now is not the time to roll back action on climate change
  

PIPELINE NEWS

Earthjustice: Air Products’ Carbon Dioxide Pipeline is Dangerously Close to a School and Neighborhood
11/4/25

“Air Products’ proposal for a 38-mile carbon dioxide pipeline—running from Ascension Parish to Lake Maurepas—is coming under new scrutiny for its proximity to Sorrento Primary School and the Orange Grove subdivision situated within ½ mile of the proposed pipeline,” according to Earthjustice. “A new report with modeling simulations shows the school and nearby homes could be blanketed by dangerous levels of carbon dioxide within minutes in the event of a CO₂ pipeline rupture. This conservative simulation assumes that the pipeline leaks CO₂ for only 5 minutes before the shut-off valve completely stops the release. A complex computer model was built to simulate a sudden CO₂ pipeline rupture near the school under typical operating and weather conditions for the area… “Air Products did not provide any modeling for potential breaks in the pipeline, so a pipeline modeling expert was hired by Earthjustice to predict what might happen in the event of a pipeline rupture near the school… “Carbon capture is a dangerous gamble no community should be forced to take. This report should be a wake up call to anyone who wasn’t already concerned about building a carbon dioxide pipeline so close to young children and neighborhoods,” said Kaitlyn Joshua, an Ascension parish organizer with Earthworks who works to engage parents and residents in the Sorrento area… “According to Dr. Kimberly Terrell, a Research Scientist with the Environmental Integrity Project, the pipeline location presents an unreasonable risk. “Putting a CO₂ pipeline this close to a primary school is like sending those kids on a plane ride every day with no oxygen masks,” she says. “In an emergency situation, the kids could struggle to breathe.” The expert modeler and author of the Air Products’ pipeline rupture report, John Gorman, PhD, also co-authored a peer reviewed simulation-based paper of the 2020 Denbury CO₂ pipeline rupture in Satartia, Mississippi… “CO₂ pipelines leak more across the Gulf Coast than other places in the country,” says Scott Eustis, Community Science Director, Healthy Gulf. “The existing system of transporting this highly corrosive material has a major leak every other year. We owe our children so much more than to place a high-pressure pipeline so close to where they learn and play. Louisiana, nationally, is where children are placed close to CO₂ pipelines most often. This must stop now.”

Gonzales Weekly Citizen: New report released analyzing proposed carbon dioxide pipeline in Ascension Parish
Michael Tortorich, 11/3/25

“A newly released report modeled potential risks in the event of a rupture to the proposed carbon dioxide pipeline near Sorrento Primary School and the surrounding area in Ascension Parish,” the Gonzales Weekly Citizen reports. “Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law organization, released the report on Air Products’ proposed 38-mile carbon dioxide pipeline, which would run through the parish to Lake Maurepas… “According to the report, the simulation used a conservative assumption that a potential leak would last five minutes before a shut-off valve would completely halt the release… “Potential health effects from exposure as shown in the simulation could include shortness of breath, dizziness, as well as increased heart rate and blood pressure, according to the report… “This report should be a wakeup call to anyone who wasn’t already concerned about building a carbon dioxide pipeline so close to young children and neighborhoods. Estefania Aultman, a parent of a student at the Sorrento school, also expressed concerns over the project. “This project is frightening for our children and our families,” Aultman said in the release. “No one should have to worry about having these chemicals on their kids’ playground.” “…Another post included a photo of the Air Products Foundation, through its Lake Maurepas Community Fund, donating $18,000 to the Ponchatoula Volunteer Fire Department’s high school program to support emergency response training and education. Additionally, the complex shared posts from its participation in an event at River Parishes Community College in Gonzales, as well as its sponsorship of the Boucherie and Balloon Festival in Sorrento last month. Earlier this year, the Air Products Foundation announced a donation of $120,000 to the Ascension Parks Foundation to go toward the park in Sorrento.”

Clinton Herald: County supports pipeline lawsuit
Jenna Blount, 11/3/25

“The County Supervisors on Monday agreed to send $500 to help with the cost of an amicus brief in the Shelby and Story Counties’ lawsuit against Summit Carbon Solutions that is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court,” the Clinton Herald reports. “The reason they’re asking other counties to join is because it’s really not just the pipeline,” Supervisor Jim Irwin stated. “They thought the local counties should have the authority to determine the best outcomes for planning and zoning situations, such as solar, wind and carbon pipelines.” “…These counties had put zoning ordinances in place and it has been overruled,” chairman of the Supervisors Erin George explained. The counties now seek a review of the rulings from the Supreme Court in the hope of maintaining local control… “The Iowa State Association of Counties sent a letter on behalf of Shelby and Story Counties to all of Iowa’s 99 counties to request monetary support in the lawsuit to help with the $25,000 cost of an amicus brief.”

Reuters: US regulator rejects Colonial Pipeline’s plan to change Northeast gasoline delivery
Ashitha Shivaprasad, Shariq Khan, 11/3/25

“The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Monday rejected a Colonial Pipeline proposal to change the way it delivers gasoline from the Gulf Coast to consumers in the Northeast, noting the company failed to show the proposal was just and reasonable,” Reuters reports. “Colonial in March filed a tariff update seeking regulatory approval to end overlapping shipments of different gasoline grades, while also ending shipments of so-called “Grade 5” gasoline sold in some Northeastern states during the winter… “Shippers had also argued the changes would harm consumers by raising fuel prices at the pumps… “The commission found the plan would degrade gasoline quality without compensating shippers, impose extra costs, and give Colonial’s affiliate an undue advantage, while offering no substantiated operational benefits.”

WFDD: FERC releases environmental assessment for pipeline project
DJ Simmons, 11/3/25

“The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has released its assessment of a controversial pipeline project,” WFDD reports. “Transco’s Southeast Supply Enhancement Project would build more than 20 miles of a natural gas pipeline through the Triad. A federal report concludes that it would not significantly affect the quality of the environment. Jessica Sims, with Appalachian Voices, a nonprofit environmental organization, told WFDD she was disappointed with the report. “We would love to see the impacts of the Southeast Supply Project truly considered by the agencies determining whether or not to grant permits, and that they would reach the conclusion that the SSEP is too burdensome on Virginia and North Carolina waters, and on North Carolina’s air,” she told WFDD. Sims told WFDD the assessment falls short of an environmental impact statement, which has more rigorous requirements… “Several municipalities have passed resolutions supporting a thorough review of communities’ safety concerns.”

Northumberland Daily: Ontario launches feasibility study for east-west pipeline, energy corridor to create jobs
Joseph Goden, 11/3/25

“Ontario has announced a feasibility study for a new east-west pipeline and energy corridor aimed at strengthening Canadian energy security, creating jobs and supporting domestic manufacturing,” Northumberland Daily reports. “…Premier Doug Ford said the project will help build a more competitive and resilient economy, reduce reliance on the United States and generate employment opportunities across the country… “The feasibility study, expected to be completed next year, will deliver corridor and site options, cost analysis and evaluate complementary infrastructure opportunities, including mineral exports, grid upgrades, and strategic petroleum reserves. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe emphasized interprovincial co-operation and responsible energy development, saying the corridor could strengthen Canada’s position in global energy markets.”

OilPrice.com: TMX Opens Asia Route As Canadian Crude Discounts Narrow
Alex Kimani, 11/3/25

“Canadian oil prices are experiencing a significant surge, primarily driven by increasing demand from China and the successful expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX), which facilitates exports to Asia,” OilPrice.com reports. “The discount on Canadian crude compared to West Texas Intermediate (WTI) has narrowed considerably, indicating a strong return to global demand for Canada’s heavy oil. Falling operating costs and technological advancements, including the use of Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots by Imperial Oil, are enhancing efficiency, reducing risks, and boosting profitability in the Canadian oil sands sector… “Indeed, demand has grown so much that the discount on Canadian crude compared to West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude has narrowed to just $10-$12 per barrel, much lower than ~ $50 per barrel they attracted seven years ago mainly due to pipeline bottlenecks. Completion of TMX has helped Canada export as much as 890,000 barrels of crude a day to China and Asia, pulling barrels away from the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast… “Existing Canadian oil sands projects have very low operating costs, with half-cycle breakeven prices as low as US$18-$45 per barrel (WTI basis), with an average of around $27/bbl. This is generally competitive with, or lower than, the operating costs of many U.S. tight oil plays.”

Black Belt News Network: Sen. Robert Stewart to host meeting in Uniontown on gas pipeline
Nathan Prewett, 11/3/25

“Sen. Robert Stewart will host a public meeting on the potential impact of a proposed gas pipeline that will run through Perry County (Alabama),” Black Belt News Network reports. “A project titled SSE4 seeks to install methane gas pipelines in nine counties. According to a flyer for the meeting the pipe is being paid for with taxpayer money, “threatens” private property and may pose a risk to water supplies.”

Press release: Over 100 Rally in NYC to Demand Hochul Reject Gas Pipeline
11/3/25

“More than 100 New Yorkers rallied at Verdi Square on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to call on Governor Hochul to reject the Williams/Transco NESE fracked gas pipeline, a $3.2 billion project that would raise utility bills, threaten New York Harbor, and worsen the climate crisis. The event featured State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Assemblymember Micah Lasher, Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, and Councilmember Gale Brewer, along with community leaders and grassroots organizations from across the city and state. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who recently led a congressional letter urging Hochul to reject the pipeline and was an outspoken critic when New Yorkers defeated this same proposal five years ago, provided a statement that was read at the rally. Congressman Jerry Nadler said: “I was proud to lead 11 Members of the New York Delegation in calling on the state to reject the dangerous and unnecessary Williams pipeline. This 17-mile fracked gas project would carve through the ocean floor and put our health, marine ecosystems, and climate goals at risk, all to extend the life of fossil fuels we should be leaving behind. New York must continue to lead the nation in protecting public health, advancing environmental justice, and building a clean-energy future. It’s time to tell Big Oil once and for all: there is no future for fossil fuels in New York.” “…The Williams NESE pipeline has been rejected three times in the past on environmental grounds, but the company has re-applied and the state is expected to issue a decision soon. Advocates say the project is unnecessary given New York’s climate laws and clean energy goals, and that it poses unacceptable risks to both families and the environment.”

Press release: Communities to call on TVA to stop the Ridgeline pipeline and invest in clean energy
11/3/25

“On Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. ET, Ridgeline Voices and Tennessee residents will hold a rally in front of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s headquarters to protest the start of Ridgeline pipeline construction. Enbridge-owned East Tennessee Natural Gas is starting construction on the 122-mile long Ridgeline pipeline for the TVA. Ridgeline would bring methane gas to TVA’s planned Kingston gas plant, and endanger hundreds of streams and waterways along its route. Instead of handing our money to a multibillion-dollar corporation with a record of environmental damage and explosions along other pipeline routes, these groups will call on the public utility to stop this dangerous pipeline and invest in clean energy. WHAT: Rally to protest the start of Ridgeline Pipeline construction; WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 6 p.m. ET; WHERE: Outside of TVA Headquarters in downtown Knoxville (across from Bill Lyons Pavilion in Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902) WHO: Ridgeline Voices, a community group opposing the Ridgeline Pipeline; Tennessee residents impacted by the project; and allies with SAGE TN, Third Act TN, American Indian Movement Indian Territory Tennessee, the Sierra Club, Appalachian Voices and more. This rally aims to correct the record by demonstrating that Tennessee residents do not want this pipeline or the rest of TVA’s gas buildout. The event will include speakers, giant puppets and music.”

Reuters: Greece’s gas operator secures 169.3 mln euros for its carbon storage, pipeline project
11/3/25

“Greek gas operator DESFA, 66%-owned by a consortium led by Italy’s Snam, said on Monday it had secured 169.3 million euros from the European Union’s Innovation Fund for its carbon storage and pipeline project,” Reuters reports. “This projects includes a CO2 liquefaction, temporary storage and export facility at , transforming the existing LNG terminal into a dual-purpose hub for LNG regasificaiton and CO2 liquefaction, DESFA said in a statement.”

WASHINGTON UPDATES

Politico: More than 100 congressional Dems oppose expanded offshore oil and gas leasing
Noah Baustin, 10/30/25

“A broad coalition of congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday opposing his administration’s plan to expand offshore oil and gas drilling in federal waters,” Politico reports. “What happened: The letter from 109 Democrats, led by Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Reps. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), opposes any effort to open new offshore oil and gas leasing in the federal waters off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, in the Arctic Ocean and northern Bering Sea off of Alaska, and in the Eastern Gulf. “Expanded oil and gas leasing poses risks to the health and livelihoods of our constituents, jeopardizes our tourism, fishing, and recreation economies, and threatens the marine life that inhabits our coastline,” the legislators wrote in the letter to Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, shared exclusively with Politico. Why it matters: Even as legislators across the country grapple with energy affordability issues, pressuring prominent Democratic leaders like Gavin Newsom to soften their stance on the oil industry, the broad coalition signing onto the letter illustrates that offshore drilling remains a line few are willing to cross.”

E&E News: GOP floats offshore drilling ban as Trump weighs plans
Garrett Downs, 11/3/25

“Three Republican senators from the Southeast introduced a bill recently to bar drilling off the coasts of three states, just as the Trump administration is weighing whether to open up offshore drilling along U.S. shorelines,” E&E News reports. “The ‘American Shores Protection Act,’ S. 3082, introduced by Sens. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), would “prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.” The bill would codify a moratorium President Donald Trump put in place near the end of his first term, which bans offshore drilling off those states through 2032, including in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. “As a fifth-generation Floridian, preserving our state’s natural beauty is deeply important to me and the millions of those who call the Sunshine State home — as well as those who come to visit and vacation,” Moody said in a press release. “It is my mission to protect our state’s coastline for the next generation.”

E&E News: Conservatives to rally for permitting reform
Andres Picon, 11/3/25

“Conservative lawmakers and energy advocates will gather on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to urge Congress to overhaul the permitting process for energy and infrastructure projects,” E&E News reports. “Leaders of the Conservative Energy Network and several members of Congress, including Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), are set to call for “urgent action on permitting reform and grid modernization,” per a press release from the right-leaning advocacy group. The press conference will come as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle work to assemble a legislative package to speed up regulatory approvals for pipelines, transmission lines, power plants and other major projects. “America’s outdated permitting system adds years and millions of dollars to projects, driving up consumer costs and deterring private investment,” the Conservative Energy Network press release states. “Modernizing these systems is not just an energy issue — it’s a national security imperative,” the release states.”

Ethanol Producer: Hilgers, Bird urge EPA to create opt-in GHG reporting program to preserve 45Q, 45Z availability for ethanol producers
Erin Krueger, 11/3/25

“Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on Nov. 3 filed a public comment with the U.S. EPA expressing concern that the agency’s proposed repeal of its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) could negative impact the ability of ethanol producers to claim tax credits for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and clean fuels production,” Ethanol Producer reports. “…According to Hilgers and Bird, the success of the 45Q and 45Z depend “on one crucial factor: trust in data.” “…EPA’s proposal to eliminate most of the GHGRP and suspend the remaining requirements until 2034 would “create a decade-long gap in the federal government’s ability to verify carbon-capture performance,” Hilgers and Bird wrote… “Ethanol facilities that are capturing and storing CO₂ today could lose access to the 45Q credit. Future projects designed around the 45Z clean-fuel incentive could become financially unviable before they even begin… “Rather than repealing the GHGRP in its entirety, Hilgers and Bird suggest EPA retain Subpart RR as an opt-in reporting program that ethanol producers could take advantage of on a voluntary basis… “If an opt-in program cannot be implemented immediately, we urge EPA to delay rescission of Subpart RR to provide Treasury and the IRS with sufficient time to establish an alternative system,” they added.”

Press release: Attorney General Hilgers Fights to Protect Tax Credits for Ethanol Producers Under Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill
11/3/25

“Today, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, joined by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to preserve a long-standing rule that helps ethanol producers earn clean-energy tax credits for capturing and storing carbon. EPA recently proposed to eliminate key parts of its national greenhouse-gas reporting system to cut bureaucratic red tape and unleash American energy. Attorney General Hilgers supports EPA’s deregulatory efforts but pointed out the potential unintended consequences the repeal would have for ethanol producers. EPA’s proposal would end the carbon-capture verification system, which allows the federal government to confirm that ethanol producers are safely storing carbon dioxide underground. Without the verification system, ethanol plants could lose access to billions of dollars in clean-fuel incentives expanded under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. “Ethanol is an important part of the state and country’s future,” said Attorney General Hilgers. “The Subpart RR reporting program is a small part of the greenhouse gas rules, but would have a major impact on ethanol producers in Nebraska. I am pleased to team with General Brenna Bird in Iowa in submitting this comment outlining the impact of this reporting framework on our producers.” The joint comment asks the EPA to keep the existing carbon-capture reporting rule in place or allow ethanol producers to opt in voluntarily. That approach, the Attorneys General explain, would cut unnecessary red tape while ensuring the federal government can still confirm that captured carbon is stored safely and permanently underground.”

Inside EPA: Lawyers See More Legal Uncertainty Amid Aggressive Push To Ease NEPA
10/31/25

”Attorneys are expecting continued uncertainty and delays regarding National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews amidst the Trump administration’s aggressive push to streamline them, arguing that the blizzard of policy changes combined with federal agency staff cuts is heightening complications,” Inside EPA reports. “I wish that [executive branch NEPA reform] was being done . . . in a more, maybe, thoughtful way,” said Andrea Driggs, a partner at Holland & Hart, during an Oct. 24 event hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA). Driggs, who often represents project developers seeking permits, said her clients are ‘very concerned’ about a lack of staffing for NEPA work at various agencies. “That’s one of those inexplicable things about an administration that’s prioritizing energy and projects generally — project development — is if you don’t have the staff, you can’t move the projects forward,” she said… “The suite of NEPA policy changes over the past year is poised to spur a significant amount of litigation, but experienced staffer departures at the Justice Department mean “you can’t defend the project in any reasonable way,” in court, she added.”

E&E News: White House pressured EPA for broad rollback of tailpipe rules
Mike Lee, Jean Chemnick, 11/4/25

“White House budget officials leaned on EPA to broaden its rollback of tailpipe regulations as it sought this summer to repeal a foundational EPA policy that undergirds most federal climate rules, including those for cars and trucks,” E&E News reports. “Rather than just eliminate regulations for climate-warming pollutants such as carbon dioxide, documents show that the White House Office of Management and Budget pushed EPA to weaken limits on other types of vehicular pollution including soot and smog-forming compounds. EPA resisted the suggestion from the Office of Management and Budget, but the exchange — made public after the proposed rollback was published in July — underscores the Trump administration’s desire to pare back federal regulations, especially those related to the environment and climate change.”

E&E News: White House wrote half of EPA’s cost-benefit analysis for climate rule rollback
Jean Chemnick, 11/4/25

“The White House circumvented EPA’s career staff to write almost half of the cost-benefit analysis for the agency’s proposal to stop regulating planet-warming emissions, according to emails and drafts from the rule’s interagency review,” E&E News reports. “The documents show that the White House Office of Management and Budget contributed 30 of the 63 pages that make up the draft rule’s slim, legally required regulatory impact analysis. The section — which proposes a new methodology for tallying regulatory benefits and costs — does not appear to have been written by EPA, but it’s unclear whether it was drafted at OMB, another office in the White House or even outside the federal government. Former EPA officials and regulatory experts told E&E that’s unusual. “While it’s certainly not unprecedented for OMB or other White House offices to collaborate with an agency on developing an RIA or rule language, having political teams — or possibly even outside former political folk — impose an analytical methodology on an agency without the career team being on the same page is highly irregular,” Jason Schwartz, legal director at the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University Law School, told E&E.”

Bloomberg: Trump’s Power to Abolish Monuments Hangs on Prolonged Ruling
Bobby Magill, 10/30/25

“The 13-months-and-counting wait for an appeals court to rule on the legal underpinnings of US national monuments leaves in limbo President Donald Trump’s executive authority to protect or abolish them as the White House rolls back public lands protections,” Bloomberg reports. “The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit heard oral arguments in September 2024 in Garfield County v. Biden, a case plaintiffs are aiming at the US Supreme Court as they challenge the president’s executive power to block mining, oil and gas drilling, and other development under the Antiquities Act. The plaintiffs in Garfield County are taking Chief Justice John Roberts up on his 2021 invitation in Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association v. Raimondo to challenge the scope of presidential power under the act. The Justice Department in a May opinion declared that presidential authority to create or abolish monuments is one of the White House’s ‘most sweeping unilateral powers.’ The case, if granted certiorari after the Tenth Circuit rules, would test the high court’s willingness to constrain executive power, Deborah Sivas, director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program at Stanford Law School, told Bloomberg.”

New York Times: He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go
Maxine Joselow, 10/31/25

“Until recently, Forrest Smith was the sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up dozens of abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks across the country,” the New York Times reports. “But last month, the Park Service did not renew Mr. Smith’s four-year contract. Now it is unclear whether anyone will clean up an estimated 93 abandoned wells on federal lands managed by the Park Service. The wells are at high risk of spewing planet-warming gases into the atmosphere and contaminating groundwater, posing significant threats to the environment and public health. “There’s nobody left in the national parks who can confidently oversee this work with the expertise that I have,” Mr. Smith, 40, told the Times. “I don’t think you could just pick somebody up and throw them in and expect them to do a really great job.” Old oil wells dot federal lands across the country. Most were drilled before the national parks were established. In many cases, the companies that owned the wells went bankrupt and deserted the sites, which are often called “orphaned” wells.”

Carnegie Endowment: Bipartisan Backlash Against Geoengineering and Carbon Removal in the United States
Milo McBride, 11/3/25

“Amid shrinking carbon budgets and accelerating climate shocks, the prospect of deploying carbon removal or geoengineering technologies is surfacing new societal tensions and political resistance in the United States. Carbon removal technologies—such as carbon capture from flue source and direct air capture1—have drawn political pushback from both ends of the U.S. political spectrum,” according to the Carnegie Endowment. “…Across the United States, opposition to these interventions is emerging as a potent, cross-cutting force in climate politics, uniting unlikely coalitions of far-right populists and environmental traditionalists against an increasingly less-relevant technocratic center. These horizon climate technologies have triggered online mobilization, localized demonstrations, and state-level bans from activist politicians. All of this suggests a politically volatile terrain. This article explores this new frontier for climate activism in the United States. It analyzes how early political backlash is unfolding, creating vacuums for domestic mistrust, and potentially influencing policy for both geoengineering interventions and carbon dioxide removal (albeit, in varying degrees)… “At the same time, advocacy groups led by youth movements were increasingly skeptical of carbon capture technology used alongside fossil fuel production… “However, progress to develop large-scale carbon removal pipelines and infrastructure was triggering literal frontline resistance… “The firm developing the carbon pipeline filed 232 lawsuits—including 156 eminent domain cases in South Dakota—to secure the land for its proposed 2,500-mile CO₂ pipeline, which would cross five Midwestern states. That litigation strategy triggered local opposition, which helped drive the passage of a South Dakota law banning the use of eminent domain for CO₂ pipelines and contributed to the Public Utilities Commission’s decision to deny the project’s permit in South Dakota in 2025… “The new political right has also become an increasingly vocal political force decrying carbon capture technology. In Iowa, a rally of over one hundred people—including many in Make America Great Again (MAGA) attire—came out to the Iowa Capitol to protest the Midwest CO₂ pipeline… “Recently, segments of the Republican Party have echoed this skepticism toward carbon capture.”

STATE UPDATES

E&E News: Fertilizer CEO says Indiana project will capture carbon
Carlos Anchondo, 11/4/25

“The developer of a planned ammonia fertilizer production facility with carbon capture said Monday that the project is moving full steam ahead, days after securing a $1.5 billion loan from the Department of Energy,” E&E News reports. “Wabash Valley Resources CEO Dan Williams told E&E the company has reached a final investment decision with the development phase of the project in West Terre Haute, Indiana, now finished. Wabash plans to use hydrogen to produce ammonia fertilizer with “practically” no carbon dioxide emissions, according to the chemical company’s website. “The project is going forward with carbon capture and sequestration,” Williams told E&E. DOE announced last Wednesday that it had closed the loan for Wabash. The loan was conditionally offered under the Biden administration, which highlighted the project’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) component in an October 2024 blog post from DOE.”

Louisiana Illuminator: Citizen-led pollution monitoring persists in Louisiana, despite law that limits its use
Elise Plunk, 11/2/25

“Communities around Louisiana, in a bid to get more information about the environmental and health impacts of industrial pollution, are taking data collection into their own hands — despite a law restricting how their research findings can be used to enforce state regulations,” the Louisiana Illuminator reports. “The practice is called community, citizen or participatory science, and it involves data collected from non-scientists that’s passed along to researchers who use their expertise to study and understand what they mean. From air quality to fisheries impacts, the grassroots-gathered information has the potential to inform the public about impacts of nearby industry. “Our challenge for really a couple decades has been: How can we get something that can empower the communities to be able to speak for themselves, about the issues, with data?” Marylee Orr, executive director of Louisiana Environmental Action Network, told the Illuminator. The Louisiana-based nonprofit, long involved with community air monitoring projects, recently posted on its website an interactive air monitoring dashboard. The site gives continuous updates from air quality sensors placed at four locations along the Mississippi River in the heavily industrialized corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The dashboard also lists locations and readings from Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality monitors… “Environmental groups, including the Habitat Recovery Project and For a Better Bayou, have been working to secure funding for air quality monitoring equipment and underwater sound research in an attempt to find the source of air pollution and fisheries disruptions in the region… “Fishermen and advocates alike suspect air quality and fisheries problems in Cameron have ties to the nearby LNG facilities but have no independent data to back up their suspicions. The environmental groups received grants to buy monitoring equipment and hire fishermen to collect data and partner with scientists for research projects.”

Politico: Key Assembly Democrats want to delay ban on gas stoves, furnaces in new homes
Marie J. French, 11/3/25

“Nineteen Assembly Democrats want Gov. Kathy Hochul to punt on a mandate for electrifying new buildings, raising affordability concerns about a signature New York climate policy,” Politico reports. “The signatories to the letter, organized by Assemblymember William Conrad, included members from New York City, Long Island and upstate, as well as Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes. The letter was sent to the governor Monday. Hochul has already said she’ll seriously consider the request given her own focus on lowering energy costs for New Yorkers. Why it matters: New York is not on track to meet the 2019 climate law’s statutory emissions reduction targets. Democratic lawmakers and the governor have balked at enacting potentially costly up-front policies recommended to achieve the goals. But environmental advocates scored a major win in 2023 with a ban on fossil fuel combustion equipment — including gas stoves or furnaces — for new buildings to begin phasing in next year.”

Public Radio International: Living on Earth: Gwich’in People Resist Arctic Drilling
Jenni Doering, Steve Curwood,

“The fossil fuel industry has sought drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for decades and a recent Trump administration order brings the renewed threat of oil extraction in ANWR. But Gwich’in Alaska Natives, which consider the land sacred and local Porcupine Caribou as relatives, are expressing alarm at how drilling in this fragile environment could upend their world. Kristen Moreland, Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee, joins Host Steve Curwood to discuss,” Public Radio International: Living on Earth reports.

Associated Press: Explosion at New Mexico oil refinery sends thick smoke across Artesia
Morgan Lee, Christopher L. Keller, Susan Montoya Bryan,10/31/25

“Emergency crews responded Friday to an explosion at an oil refinery in New Mexico as thick smoke emerged from the plant and drifted across parts of the city of Artesia before crews were able to extinguish the flames,” the Associated Press reports. “Navajo Refinery operator HF Sinclair said that the fire had been extinguished and that three people were transported off-site for medical attention. No other injuries were reported… “The New Mexico Environment Department told AP it was sending a team to Artesia to assess conditions and monitor air quality. The company’s website notes that the facility has a crude oil capacity of 100,000 barrels per day, making it the largest in New Mexico, but it wasn’t immediately clear how full the plant was at the time of the incident. The plant serves markets in the southwestern United States by processing oil acquired from the basin, which is one of the busiest in the world. It operates alongside a refining facility in Lovington, about 65 miles (105 km) away.”

EXTRACTION

Bold Energy Builders: When Big Data Comes to Small Town: Data Center Blog Series Part 1
Kenny Bruno, 11/3/25

“Way back when, about a year ago, we almost never heard a peep about data centers. Now every day its data center this, data center that. To some they are a bogeyman to be opposed outright, to others an inevitable nuisance, to others a hopeful development, and to still others they’re OK as long as they’re powered by clean energy rather than polluting methane gas,” Kenny Bruno writes for Bold Energy Builders. “To the oil and gas industry, they are a pretext to build even more methane burning power plants, because, after all, that is what AI demands, and we can’t possibly deny AI what it “demands.” And we couldn’t possibly meet that “demand” with “alternative” energy like solar and wind. Or could we? In this 3-part blog, we look at the hype in hyperscale data centers. In Part I, we look at Generative AI itself, which is what the new giant data centers are serving. In Part II we look at the numbers behind energy needs for new data centers, and why they will raise electricity bills. In Part III we look at some of the real world impacts of data centers, especially around noise, water use, jobs and pollution, and whether those impacts can be avoided. Read Part 1: Part I: Fabrications, Hallucinations, Scheming and Untruthfulness.”

E&E News: EU climate chief says US absence from COP30 is ‘watershed moment’
Laura Kayali, 11/4/25

“The United States’ likely absence from the upcoming COP30 is a “watershed moment,” according to EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra,” E&E News reports. “We’re talking about the largest, the most dominant, most important geopolitical player from the whole world. It is the second-largest emitter,” Hoekstra told Bloomberg in an interview published Sunday. “So if a player of that magnitude basically says, ‘Well, I’m going to leave and have it all sorted out by the rest of you,’ clearly, that does damage,” he told Bloomberg, noting however that some U.S. mayors and governors remained committed to green policies… “The Trump administration said it will not send “high-level representatives,” amid Washington’s larger push against climate policies.”

Street Insider: Gevo delivers first certified carbon removal credits to Biorecro
11/4/25

“Gevo Inc. delivered certified carbon dioxide removal credits to Biorecro North America LLC, marking the first fulfillment of a multi-year agreement announced in September,” Street Insider reports. “The agreement is expected to generate approximately $26 million in revenue for Gevo over five years. The carbon removal credits, known as CORCs, are certified under the Puro.earth standard and originate from Gevo’s North Dakota operations. The company operates a Class VI carbon-storage well with 1 million tons per year of capacity, currently using about 165,000 tons per year… “The carbon credits represent a new revenue stream for Gevo alongside its existing products including ethanol, protein, vegetable oil, and tax credits. The company can either sell carbon as separate CORCs or bundle carbon credits with ethanol sales into low carbon fuel markets. Gevo operates an ethanol plant with an adjacent carbon capture facility and owns one of the largest dairy-based renewable natural gas facilities in the United States.”

Press release: From the U.K. to Brazil: How Global Carbon Capture Governance is Converging Ahead of COP30
11/2/25

“As the United Nations’ COP30 approaches, the U.K. and Brazil have, within a twelve-month window, delivered some of the most consequential carbon capture advancements. The U.K. finalized its $28 billion Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) commitment, while Brazil passed its Fuel of the Future program, which includes South America’s first CCUS law, alongside direct air capture plants operating in both nations. The Atlantic now stands as a fulcrum for carbon governance, linking the U.K.’s COP26 legacy with Brazil’s COP30 leadership. Amid this convergence stands the Society for Low Carbon Technologies (SFLCT), an international organization operating across the Global South and North. SFLCT helped shape Brazil’s CCUS law, and its Chairman of the Board, Fernando C. Hernandez, was present in London—not Brasília—when the U.K. announced its funding commitment and when Brazil’s president signed the CCUS law. This transpired in October 2024 at the Carbon Capture and Storage Association’s (CCSA) flagship conference, and has continued evolving this year ahead of COP30.”

Clean Air Task Force: New Innovation Fund awards underscore growing market demand for CO₂ storage and cross-border transport
11/3/25

“Today, the European Commission announced €2.9 billion in grants under the EU Innovation Fund to accelerate 61 net-zero technology projects, with multiple selections advancing carbon capture, CO₂ transport, and storage,” according to the Clean Air Task Force. “ This round confirms that carbon management development is expanding beyond the North Sea, with new projects in Belgium, France, Italy, Greece, and Romania enabling inland carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chains, open‑access hubs, and maritime CO₂ transport corridors across southern and eastern Europe. “With these awards, EU-funded capture projects alone now account for nearly half of the Net-Zero Industry Act’s target of 50 million tons of annual CO2 injection capacity by 2030, signaling clear demand,” said Toby Lockwood Technology and Markets Director for Carbon Capture at Clean Air Task Force. “To deliver on this momentum, and enable industrial decarbonisation in the EU, obligated entities must advance storage infrastructure and governments must help to enable cross-border transport.”

Gasworld: Samsung unit to build carbon capture megaproject in Qatar
Anthony Wright, 11/3/25

“The construction and trading arm of South Korean electronics giant Samsung has won a contract to build a carbon capture and storage project that aims to reduce emissions at state-owned QatarEnergy’s existing liquefied natural gas production sites in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar,” Gasworld reports. “The project awarded to Samsung C&T is expected to capture and store up to 4.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. It forms part of QatarEnergy’s wider plan to capture more than 11 mtpa of CO2 from its LNG expansion projects by 2035. QatarEnergy is the world’s largest LNG company today. Samsung C&T will provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for a new sequestration facility that will compress CO2 extracted from the natural gas feed and inject it into a saline aquifer beneath Ras Laffan. The project includes electric-driven compressors, dehydration and pipeline inspection gauge-launcher systems, as well as an export pipeline of about 18km, plus multiple injection wells… “That national plan targets a 25% reduction in national emissions by 2030 through technological measures such as CCS.”

Reuters: ExxonMobil warns EU law could force exit from Europe
Maha El Dahan, Andrew Mills, 11/3/25

“U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil will not be able to continue doing business in the European Union if the bloc does not significantly loosen a sustainability law that could impose fines of 5% of global revenue, Chief Executive Darren Woods said on Monday,” Reuters reports. “Woods joins a growing number of energy producers urging European lawmakers to revise the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which requires companies doing business in the EU to identify and address human rights and environmental risks across their supply chains. “If we can’t be a successful company in Europe, and more importantly, if they start to try to take their harmful legislation and enforce that all around the world where we do business, it becomes impossible to stay there,” Woods told Reuters on the sidelines of the ADIPEC meeting in Abu Dhabi… “Woods told Reuters the legislation demands that large companies like ExxonMobil implement climate transition plans aligned with the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels – a requirement he described as technically unfeasible. “What’s astounding to me is the overreach not only requires us to do that for the business that we’re doing in Europe, but it would require me to do that for all my business around the world, irrespective of whether it touches Europe or not,” he told Reuters. Woods added that ExxonMobil is actively lobbying against the directive, warning of “disastrous consequences” if it is adopted in its current form.”

Reuters: US shale producers SM Energy, Civitas to merge in $12.8 billion deal
Pooja Menon, Sumit Saha and Pranav Mathur, 11/3/25

“SM Energy and Civitas Resources said on Monday they will merge in a deal valued at about $12.8 billion, including debt, creating one of the largest independent U.S. oil producers that will hold a dominant position in the Permian Basin,” Reuters reports. “The sale signals a recovery in dealmaking in the shale industry as companies seek scale to tackle volatility in the energy and equity markets. U.S. shale producers are turning to mergers as investors favor disciplined spending and steady shareholder returns over rapid growth in an uncertain oil market… “The combined company will hold about 823,000 net acres across top U.S. shale basins, including Permian and Denver-Julesburg (DJ), and is expected to generate over $1.4 billion in free cash flow this year. The merged firm will keep the SM Energy name and ticker, and remain headquartered in Denver.”

Manifold Times: Russian oil company Lukoil to sell international assets to Gunvor following US sanctions
11/3/25

“Russian oil company Lukoil on Thursday (30 October) said it has accepted an offer from Swiss commodity trader Gunvor to purchase Lukoil International GmbH, its wholly-owned subsidiary, which owns the group’s international assets,” the Manifold Times reports. “…Lukoil added the sale of its international assets is due to restrictive measures of some states introduced against the company and its subsidiaries. ​On 27 October, the Russian company announced its intention to sell its international assets following new sanctions imposed by the US recently. On 22 October, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced new sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s two biggest oil companies.”

TODAY IN GREENWASHING

The X: Enbridge Gas and London Fire Dept launch project to protect Ontario families
Daniel Monroy Torres, 11/3/25

“Thousands of Ontario families will soon have better protection from the dangers of smoke and carbon monoxide,” according to The X. “Enbridge Gas Ontario, the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council and the London Fire Department launched the 2025 Safe Community Project Zero campaign on Monday at the London Fire Memorial Headquarters… “Now in its 17th year, the initiative will distribute more than 14,000 combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to homes across London and Ontario. Since it started, Project Zero has distributed over 115,000 combination alarms throughout the province… “Representatives from Enbridge Gas attended the launch event, which was also attended by the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council, the Office of the Fire Marshal, and the City of London, including Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis.”

OPINION

High Country News: The nation’s energy dominance falters
Jonathan Thompson is a contributing editor at High Country News and the author of Sagebrush Empire: How a Remote Utah County Became the Battlefront of American Public Lands, 10/30/25

“Amid all of Donald Trump’s haphazard policymaking and chaos-mongering, one part of his agenda has remained remarkably consistent throughout both terms: the quest for something he calls ‘energy dominance.’ While Trump probably thinks he coined the concept, only the name is new; it’s really merely a macho rebranding of what was traditionally known as ‘energy independence,’ the desire to produce the nation’s energy domestically rather than import it from potential adversaries,” Jonathan Thompson writes for High Country News. “…What distinguishes Trump — despite all of his regulatory rollbacks, his ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ and ‘Mine, Baby, Mine’ and ‘Beautiful Clean Coal’ rhetoric and various ‘emergency’ orders — is that his push for dominance has not only been ineffective, it has actually served to weaken the domestic energy industry and has even diminished its ability to produce the power needed to keep modern society running… “If Trump really cared about energy dominance, independence or abundance, he would use all of the tools at his disposal to “win” this war. Even an energy warrior who didn’t give a hoot about pollution or the climate would insist on keeping the fastest-growing energy sources — wind and solar with battery backup — in the nation’s arsenal, along with nuclear, geothermal, hydropower and natural gas, simply for practical reasons, relying on what previous administrations have called an “all-of-the-above” approach. Instead, Trump has essentially discarded the most promising and effective energy technologies by eliminating federal tax credits for wind power and both rooftop and utility-scale solar, shuttering new wind projects on federal land and in federal waters, subjecting proposed utility-scale solar on federal land to additional scrutiny and red tape, and canceling the Solar for All program that aimed to bring clean energy and energy self-reliance to lower-income families.”

Environmental Defence: Pathways Alliance is a pathway to another wasteful industry handout.
Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition and Aly Hyder Ali, Program Manager, Oil and Gas, 11/3/25

“Prime Minister Mark Carney has been out of the banking game for a little while, but not so long that he shouldn’t be able to recognize a bad investment pitch when he sees one. The federal government is considering fast-tracking Pathways Alliance’s plan to build a carbon capture and storage (CCS) operation in Alberta,” Stephen Legault and Aly Hyder Ali write for Environmental Defence. “In theory, CCS is a process by which the carbon produced through the extraction of oil and gas is captured and pumped into underground reservoirs where it is rendered inert. That’s the theory, but it’s not really being done anywhere in practice. The governments of Alberta and Canada have already offered to cover up to 62 per cent of the costs of this 16.4 billion dollar boondoggle. The oil companies are looking for an even sweeter deal. The Pathways Alliance is composed of Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus Energy, ConocoPhillips Canada, Imperial Oil, MEG Energy, and Suncor Energy. Together, these companies reported nearly $30 billion in profits in 2024. These wealthy corporations are looking for a handout of taxpayer money, not to support the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, but to build questionable technology that will allow them to continue mining bitumen in the oil sands, while increasing greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry… “CCS has repeatedly failed to deliver on its promises, while simultaneously creating serious problems, including gas leakage and water contamination… “Despite their massive ad campaigns, oil and gas companies know CCS won’t significantly reduce their GHG emissions. The Pathways Alliance’s project is expected to reduce 10-12 MT of CO2 by 2030. For context, early estimates of the oil and gas industry’s GHG emissions in 2024 were 212 MT of CO2. What’s worse is that behind closed doors, Pathways has raised concerns about the reliability of CCS technologies in direct communications with policymakers and has opposed government mandates for CCS. They have emphasized the “uncertainty” and “technology readiness” of CCS applications.”

Rabble.ca: Donald Trump’s regime change plan for Venezuela spells bad news for Alberta’s oilsands
David J. Climenhaga, 11/3/25

“Now that Premier Danielle Smith’s favourite foreign autocrat appears to be on the brink of transforming himself from a successful “peace candidate” into a war president, it would behoove folks here in Wild Rose Country to remember why American-imposed regime change in Venezuela is bad news for Alberta,” David J. Climenhaga writes for Rabble.ca. “…Almost seven years ago, I warned in this space that if the wag-the-dog scheme Trump was promoting in Venezuela were to come to fruition, cheered on by then foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland and the rest of the Trudeau government, the potential for the Alberta oilpatch would be dire… “That would open the door to heavy U.S. corporate involvement in the vast Venezuelan oil reserves, said to be the largest in the world, and which include oilsands similar in size to Alberta’s,” I wrote. That, in turn, would end the U.S. blockade of Venezuelan oil, an ongoing part of Washington’s bipartisan campaign to topple the Maduro government… “In other words, regime change in Venezuela would likely result in the U.S. market, with limited capacity for refining heavy oil, being flooded with cheaper heavy oil from the Orinoco Belt. After that, it would just be a matter of supply and demand. A big increase in supply, conveniently located for inexpensive ocean transfer, would depress the price fetched by low-quality oilsands bitumen from Alberta, which already has a relatively high break-even cost… “Albertans who want our oil industry to endure, let alone prosper, should pray that Trump doesn’t manage to change the government in Caracas. Otherwise, we’ll soon be left with plenty of oily sand that nobody wants.”

Greenpeace: Now is not the time to roll back action on climate change
Keith Stewart is a senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada and part-time instructor at the University of Toronto, 11/3/25

“Our Prime Minister loves his hockey metaphors, so here’s one he should keep in mind as he finalizes his ‘climate competitiveness strategy’:’ If you are serious about winning the Stanley Cup, you don’t trade away your star forwards because you’ve got a good goalie,” Keith Stewart writes for Greenpeace. “But that’s exactly what’s in the works. Borrowing from the Conservative election platform, Carney has traded away his star forwards: he has abandoned the consumer carbon price (the tax that got “axed”), passed legislation to exempt “projects of national interest” (including fossil fuel expansion projects) from environmental laws and put the regulation promoting electric vehicles on ice. He has hinted that his star defencemen – the oil and gas emissions cap and north coast oil tanker ban – are on the trading block, as part of a potential ‘grand bargain’ to enable a massive new oil sands pipeline. The only major climate change policy the federal government appears committed to keep is the federal industrial carbon pricing system (the goalie)… “We need strong climate action now – and have the opportunity to be a climate solutions leader – if we want to protect ourselves and our children and grandchildren against these life-altering impacts.”