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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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October 29, 2026
Proposed 125-mile Constitution Pipeline to receive $42 million in taxpayer funding

The Energy Department said it would use up to $42 million in Defense Production Act funding for a pipeline recently revived after being canceled in 2020.

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October 29, 2026
Groups urge Louisiana governor to hold oil & gas companies accountable for thousands of orphaned wells

In Louisiana, more than 700 orphaned oil and gas wells once belonged to the world’s largest energy companies – including BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil – according to a recent analysis.

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October 29, 2026
Public hearing planned Nov. 30 on large new gas-fired power plant south of Phoenix

Nightpeak Energy, a subsidiary of Energy Spectrum Partners, is planning a new gas-fired power plant capable of generating up to 1,504 megawatts of electricity.

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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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Brendan Gibbons
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October 8, 2026

In Idaho, company makes first move in massive Pacific Northwest gas pipeline expansion

A subsidiary of U.S. pipeline giant Williams began early stages of seeking a permit to build the Silver Spur Pipeline, an 88-mile connection between two major gas transmission pipelines in Idaho and Nevada. The project could be an opening move in an effort to build the largest gas pipeline expansion in the Pacific Northwest in two decades.

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Ari Phillips
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October 1, 2026

Controversial West Virginia chemical plastics ‘recycling’ plant gets permit over local objections

In response to lobbying by the industry, 24 states, including West Virginia, have passed legislation reclassifying chemical plastics "recycling" not as waste incineration but as a kind of manufacturing, which requires less strict environmental standards. The Trump Administration is working to exempt these plants from being subjected to Clean Air Act limits for cancer-causing air pollution.

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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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