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November 12, 2026

SpaceX gets into gas pipeline business to fuel its rocket ambitions as Trump relaxes oversight

SpaceX, the aerospace company owned by Elon Musk, has requested to build a 32-mile pipeline to supply natural gas to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in anticipation of a major increase in rocket launches. The pipeline, along with another, shorter one connecting to the SpaceX launch facility in Texas, mark the company’s move into gas infrastructure, which is typically built and operated by energy and pipeline firms. 

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November 12, 2026
Appeals court blocks one Gulf fossil fuel export site as agency approves two more

A federal appeals court sided with community and environmental groups challenging an approval of a giant new offshore oil export terminal and tank farm in southeast Texas.

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November 12, 2026
Senator’s push to fast-track pipelines in permitting bill could benefit him personally

Oklahoma Sen. Alan Armstrong promoted a provision in a bipartisan permitting reform bill that would streamline pipeline reviews for his former employer, Williams, according to an investigation by Inside Climate News.

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November 12, 2026
Natural gas-powered data center planned for remote Alaskan Arctic

Even the farthest-flung corners of the U.S. are being considered to host vast computing sites as part of the race to build artificial intelligence technologies fueled by natural gas.

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Brendan Gibbons
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November 5, 2026

War sent global fuel costs soaring, along with profits for major refining companies

Military strikes on refineries in the Middle East as part of the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran, coupled with Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries, have pushed prices for refined fuels to an all-time high. That has meant sky-high profits for oil and gas refiners, who ramped up their facilities to take advantage of the soaring prices.

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Ari Phillips
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October 29, 2026

As nearly 4,000 miles of new gas pipelines roll across Texas, Trump weakens pipeline safety rules and enforcement

There are 151 gas pipelines planned or under construction across the country as part of the largest boom in U.S. gas pipeline construction in two decades, including 42 projects in whole or part in Texas, spanning 3,912 miles. The Trump Administration is simultaneously cutting enforcement of pipeline safety rules and limiting environmental reviews and safety regulations designed to prevent these pipelines from exploding, leaking or polluting,

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Ari Phillips
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October 22, 2026

War with Iran may lead to unexpected drop in greenhouse gas emissions

The International Energy Agency (IEA), in January forecasted a 2 percent increase in global natural gas consumption this year. But after the outbreak of war with Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz, in July IEA revised its prediction to a 0.6 percent drop in global gas consumption this year.

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Victoria Zurner
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October 15, 2026

New LNG terminal expansion projects in Louisiana and Texas boosted by wars

Over the last 14 months, liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies have proposed new expansion projects at seven gas export terminals along the Gulf Coast, encouraged in part by wars in the Middle East and Ukraine that have boosted the market for U.S. LNG shipments. Four of the expanding terminals are located in Texas, with another three in Louisiana.

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The Lone Star State’s Gas Plant Boom

A wave of 130 natural gas power plant projects in the Lone Star State, proposed in part to feed the artificial intelligence boom, could release as much greenhouse gas pollution as 27 million cars and trucks driving for a year, according to a report from the Environmental Integrity Project.

Pollution from Oil Refineries with Outdated Boilers and Heaters

The Environmental Integrity Project examined publicly available data and records for the 20 petroleum refineries in the U.S. that reported emitting the most greenhouse gases in 2023. Out of the refinery boilers and heaters with age information, 87 percent of these units (739 of 845) are outdated.

Plastic's Toxic River

The Environmental Integrity Project examined the records of 70 U.S. facilities that make plastics or the main chemical ingredients in plastics and found they discharged almost 12 million pounds in 2023 of total nitrogen and phosphorus.

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