EXTRACTED: Daily News Clips 4/23/26
PIPELINE NEWS
Reuters: US Supreme Court rejects Enbridge challenge to Michigan pipeline case
Detroit Free Press: Supreme Court sides with Dana Nessel on Michigan Line 5 case
E&E News: Supreme Court blocks Enbridge from slow-walking Line 5 dispute
KTVQ: Proposed Bridger pipeline would bring crude from Canada through Montana to Wyoming
Roswell Daily Record: Protest filed against Green Chile Pipeline in southern New Mexico
Pipeline & Gas Journal: Kinder Morgan Strikes $505 Million Deal for Houston-Area Monument Pipeline
Bloomberg: Alberta Examines Three Northern Routes for Oil Pipeline to Serve Asia
WASHINGTON UPDATES
New York Times: Republicans Had an Earth Day Plan to Limit Species Protections. It Flopped.
E&E News: Fears over ‘God Squad’ derail endangered species bill
Heatmap: How Republicans Are Trying to Gut the Endangered Species Act
Press release: On Earth Day, Duckworth, Booker, Markey, Lee, Grijalva, Tlaib Unveil Bicameral Report Card Listing 100 Different Trump Administration Failures Making Americans and the Environment Sicker
Press release: Trump’s Transportation Department Opens First-Ever LNG Safety Center to Promote American Energy
STATE UPDATES
Louisiana Illuminator: Earth Day rally at State Capitol focuses on fizzling carbon storage fight
Minden Press-Herald: Meeting tonight in Ringgold on earthquakes in NW Louisiana
South Dakota Searchlight: Report cites 2-degree rise and urges South Dakota leaders to act on climate change, renewable energy
North Dakota Monitor: Value of North Dakota oil rises as Iran war upends markets
CBS Minnesota: 3,500 gallons of crude corn oil spill into Mississippi River near Red Wing ADM facility
EXTRACTION
Reuters: Iran war conflict could create systemic gas demand destruction, says top sector official
CBC: Carney’s new Canada-U.S. advisory committee draws praise, criticism in Alberta
Carbon Herald: China Launches First Offshore CO2 Injection Project In Hainan
GlobalNews.ca: Fuel spill on South Lake in Minden Hills Township prompts drinking water advisory
OPINION
Louisiana Illuminator: On BP oil spill anniversary, Gov. Landry snatches defeat from the jaws of recovery
PIPELINE NEWS
Reuters: US Supreme Court rejects Enbridge challenge to Michigan pipeline case
Nate Raymond, 4/22/26
“The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Enbridge’s bid to change the venue of an environmental lawsuit by Michigan seeking to force the Canadian energy company to stop operating an oil pipeline between two of the Great Lakes,” Reuters reports. “The justices unanimously ruled that Enbridge had waited too long to seek to move the lawsuit by Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel from state court into federal court, a venue generally considered more friendly to defendants. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the court, said Enbridge had 30 days to try to move the case to federal court, but instead waited 887 days to do so until after developments in related litigation over the Line 5 pipeline. She said allowing courts to extend the deadline governing the removal of cases to federal court “would undermine Congress’s manifest interest in resolving threshold removal questions early and conclusively.” Calgary-based Enbridge, in a statement, called the ruling “procedural” and said it “is committed to the safe operation of Line 5 and to working constructively with regulators and stakeholders.” Nessel, in a statement, told Reuters the ruling “makes emphatically clear that our lawsuit against Enbridge belongs before the state court, where we’ve argued since 2019 that Line 5 does not have a legal right to the Straits bottomlands.”
Detroit Free Press: Supreme Court sides with Dana Nessel on Michigan Line 5 case
Todd Spangler, 4/22/26
“A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in her argument that Enbridge Energy waited too long to ask to move a lawsuit about twin pipelines running beneath the Straits of Mackinac to federal court from state court,” the Detroit Free Press reports. “The decision revives a 2019 case Nessel brought in Ingham County to effectively block Enbridge from using Line 5, though it doesn’t settle any of the specific legal issues regarding the use of the pipelines… “Enbridge argued that a legal concept known as “equitable tolling” applied, allowing for such a delay. But Nessel’s office argued before the court in February that there was no valid reason for Enbridge to be allowed such a delay and the federal statute allowing for removal to federal court didn’t grant one… “Writing for the court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed, saying, “Enbridge cannot identify any sensible reason why Congress would have adopted so many express, specific equitable exceptions to (removing a civil case from state court to federal court) if equitable tolling was already available for belated removals across the board.”
E&E News: Supreme Court blocks Enbridge from slow-walking Line 5 dispute
Pamela King, Lesley Clark, 4/22/26
“The nation’s highest bench has handed Michigan a procedural win in its quest to protect the Great Lakes from contamination by an aging oil pipeline,” E&E News reports. “In a ruling issued Wednesday, the Supreme Court found that Enbridge Energy had missed its window to bump litigation over its Line 5 pipeline from state to federal court, clearing the way for Michigan judges to have the final say over whether the state could order a shutdown of the project under a waterway that connects lakes Michigan and Huron. “What this really means is the case can get back to being argued on the merits. It has been years of delay — which is clearly Enbridge’s strategy — but now the day in court is coming,” Mike Shriberg, an environmental policy professor at the University of Michigan, told E&E. If the justices had issued an opinion favorable to Enbridge, allowing the case to instead move to federal court, Shriberg told E&E, “states would have a much harder time protecting their waterways.”
KTVQ: Proposed Bridger pipeline would bring crude from Canada through Montana to Wyoming
David Jay, 4/22/26
“The Bridger project is a massive oil pipeline project that would come in from Alberta, Canada, into Montana at Phillips County, then go through nine counties before getting to Wyoming,” KTVQ reports. “The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) are reviewing the project, and it could cut across private, state, and federal land… “It’s a win for Montana. It’s a win for America,” Yellowstone County Commissioner Mark Morse told KTVQ. Morse and the Yellowstone County commissioners are among the many Montana leaders supporting the project. Just this week, they drafted a letter to the Bureau of Land Management expressing that support… “But there are plenty of opponents. They say the risks are simply too high, pointing to past oil spills, including the 2015 Poplar pipeline rupture that sent 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive and a diesel spill of 45,000 gallons near Sussex, Wyoming. “If that crossing has spilled into the Missouri River, it eventually would make it to that intake,” Lance Fourstar, co-director of the American Indian Movement Montana, told KTVWQ. “Highly carcinogenic tar sand bitumen, so we already know it’s highly carcinogenic.” Fourstar also has concerns about sacred tribal lands. “The key point of concern is the sovereignty and treaty rights,” Fourstar told KTVA. “This project crosses lands, that with treaty reserved rights, hunting, fishing, and gathering.” The Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) says the pipeline would originate in Alberta with what it calls environmentally destructive fuel sources. “It’s an environmental disaster waiting to happen in a state that gets a lot of revenue from fishing and agriculture. A majority of the route crosses through Montana, putting land and water at risk,” MEIC spokesperson Shannon James told KTVQ.”
Roswell Daily Record: Protest filed against Green Chile Pipeline in southern New Mexico
4/23/26
“Earlier this month, the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, Center for Biological Diversity and Food & Water Watch, filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) challenging the Transwestern Pipeline Company’s attempt to fast-track the proposed Green Chile Pipeline,” the Roswell Daily Record reports. “The 17-mile pipeline in Dona Ana County would provide gas to a new, massively-polluting power plant for the proposed “Project Jupiter” data center. “To approve this pipeline without a thorough and conclusive review could be a disaster for New Mexico families and their communities. We urge FERC to pace themselves and not allow major polluting industries, such as data centers, to skirt regulations when so much is at risk,” Camilla Feibelman, director of Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, told the Record.”
Pipeline & Gas Journal: Kinder Morgan Strikes $505 Million Deal for Houston-Area Monument Pipeline
4/22/26
“Kinder Morgan has agreed to acquire the Monument Pipeline system, a natural gas network serving the Houston metropolitan area, for $505 million in cash, the company said in its first-quarter earnings release,” Pipeline & Gas Journal reports. “The transaction includes roughly 225 miles of pipeline infrastructure providing transportation and storage services to local gas utilities, LNG shippers and industrial customers… “The acquisition is expected to complement the company’s existing Texas intrastate pipeline network and support continued demand growth tied to LNG exports and industrial activity along the Gulf Coast.”
Bloomberg: Alberta Examines Three Northern Routes for Oil Pipeline to Serve Asia
Brian Platt, 4/22/26
“Alberta is looking at three options for a new oil pipeline to ship 1 million barrels a day through northern British Columbia, according to people familiar with the matter, as Canadian officials make plans to sharply increase energy exports to Asia,” Bloomberg reports. “The provincial government and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government are also closing in on an agreement on industrial carbon pricing, with a deal expected to be finalized in the next two weeks, the people, who spoke on condition they not be identified discussing private negotiations, told Bloomberg… “There are considerable political and technical obstacles within Canada to a northwest oil pipeline. The idea is opposed by the government of BC, environmentalists and some Indigenous groups in the region, and it would require Carney’s government to relax a ban on oil tankers. Some experts advocate a different approach: shipping more oil through the Vancouver region along a similar route to Trans Mountain, which is Canada’s only oil-export pipeline that reaches an ocean port… “There are large stretches along the Trans Mountain route where there’s not enough room to run another large pipeline, one person familiar with the deliberations told Bloomberg — particularly through the difficult terrain of the Coquihalla region of the BC interior… “Running the pipeline to a different terminus in the area, such as Roberts Bank, near the US border, would require crossing agricultural land and the urban environment of the Vancouver suburbs, which may be politically contentious… “Leaders of several First Nations from BC’s northern coastline, including the Haida Nation, traveled to Calgary on Wednesday to warn major pipeline operators that they continue to oppose the construction of a northern pipeline and lifting of the tanker ban.”
WASHINGTON UPDATES
New York Times: Republicans Had an Earth Day Plan to Limit Species Protections. It Flopped.
Maxine Joselow and Catrin Einhorn, 4/22/26
“House Republicans had big plans for Earth Day this year: They would pass a bill to narrow protections for endangered species that they had long seen as federal overreach. It didn’t work out that way,” the New York Times reports. “On Wednesday afternoon, Republican leaders suddenly canceled a vote on the measure after an initial procedural vote showed shaky support from party members. One Florida Republican, Representative Anna Paulina Luna, publicly aired concerns about the bill before the scheduled vote, writing on social media: “Don’t tread on my turtles. Protected means protected.” Her post contained an image of a yellow flag emblazoned with a sea turtle and the slogan “Don’t tread on me,” a phrase dating to the American Revolution that some conservatives have embraced in recent years. The flip-flop on Wednesday was an embarrassing setback for Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana. And it left uncertain the fate of the ESA Amendments Act, a sweeping bill that would limit protections for species whose populations are beginning to recover, among a slew of other changes. It was not immediately clear whether party leaders would try to shore up support and reschedule a vote on the measure… “Conservationists had warned that the bill could speed extinctions and risk the recovery of numerous species, including piping plovers, black-footed ferrets and North Atlantic right whales. And they called the planned timing of the vote, on Earth Day, a cruel stunt. “It’s a slap in the face to the American people and all the wildlife they love, and the ecosystems that support our lives,” Mary Beth Beetham, director of legislative affairs at Defenders of Wildlife, an advocacy group, told the Times.”
E&E News: Fears over ‘God Squad’ derail endangered species bill
Jennifer Yachnin, Kelsey Brugger, Timothy Cama, Andres Picon, 4/23/26
“Florida Republican lawmakers scuttled a planned House vote to advance a major overhaul of the Endangered Species Act, raising questions about whether the long-time GOP priority can still succeed,” E&E News reports. “The development was a blow to House Natural Resources Committee Republicans who see the overhaul as one of their top priorities. They want to make sure protecting species doesn’t get in the way of energy projects and other development… “A half-dozen lawmakers from Florida and other states cited concerns about whether changes to the bedrock environmental law could also open coastal waters to oil and gas drilling. Natural Resources Chair Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), the bill’s main sponsor, told E&E that he expects the bill will return to the House floor in the coming weeks… “The measure would give greater weight to the economic impacts of listing animals and plants as endangered while also limiting environmental group litigation… “What we’re concerned about is opening up any potential avenues for drilling in the Gulf,” Florida Republican Rep. Kat Cammack told E&E. “We have very sensitive ecosystems that we want to protect and ecotourism is a huge part of our state’s economy, and so there’s real concerns that we want to see addressed.” “...The Trump administration is proposing to open more Gulf waters to oil and gas development. Florida would still have a buffer but the state’s lawmakers want to keep the status quo.”
Heatmap: How Republicans Are Trying to Gut the Endangered Species Act
Jeva Lange, 4/22/26
“Americans may not agree on much, but it seems fair to say that most are pretty happy that the bald eagle isn’t extinct,” Heatmap reports. “When the Senate passed the Endangered Species Act on a 92-0 vote in 1973, bald eagles were among the first on the protected list, their population having cratered to fewer than 450 nesting pairs by the early 1960s. Now delisted, bald eagles easily outnumber the population of St. Louis, Missouri, in 2026, at more than 300,000 individuals. The Endangered Species Act remains enduringly popular more than 50 years later due to such success stories, with researchers finding in a 2018 survey that support for the legislation has “remained stable over the past two decades,” with only about one in 10 Americans opposing it… “A lot of environmental laws have not been brought into the 21st century or modernized effectively,” Gabriella Hoffman, the director of the Center for Energy and Conservation at Independent Women’s Forum, a conservative think tank that supports overhauling the legislation, told Heatmap. “It might sound counterintuitive, but a lot of us who are critical of the current iteration of the ESA want it to work.” “...The bill, H.R. 1897, was pulled from floor consideration at the last minute on Wednesday, apparently due to a lack of support. “It just fell from its own weight,” Mary Beth Beetham, the director of legislative affairs at Defenders of Wildlife, told Heatmap. “There is no way to fix this bill” — though in theory it could return to the schedule down the line.”
Press release: On Earth Day, Duckworth, Booker, Markey, Lee, Grijalva, Tlaib Unveil Bicameral Report Card Listing 100 Different Trump Administration Failures Making Americans and the Environment Sicker
4/22/26
“On Earth Day today, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and U.S. Representatives Summer Lee (D-PA-12), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ-07) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12)—Co-Chairs of the Senate and House Environmental Justice Caucuses—unveiled a bicameral report card underscoring how the Trump Administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” mantra is yet another broken promise to the American people. The report card outlines one hundred different ways Donald Trump and his corrupt cabinet have rolled back environmental protections, silenced underserved communities, defunded federal programs and decimated regulatory frameworks that are essential in protecting our nation’s public health and the Earth—ultimately prioritizing polluters and profits while making millions of Americans sicker and setting the health of our environment back decades. The bicameral report card is available on Senator Duckworth’s website and will be officially unveiled by the Environmental Justice Caucus Co-Chairs at a press conference later this afternoon. “Declawing the EPA, firing our public health experts, pulling out of climate agreements and eliminating programs that help more Americans breathe clean air and drink safe water is not how you ‘Make America Healthy Again’—it’s how you make America much, much sicker,” said Senator Duckworth.”
Press release: Trump’s Transportation Department Opens First-Ever LNG Safety Center to Promote American Energy
4/22/26
“U.S. Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) celebrated the grand opening of its National Center of Excellence for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Safety, known as The Center, at McNeese State University. “The second Trump Administration has the unique opportunity to realize a project started under President Trump’s first administration. It proves this President has been working to secure America’s energy dominance since his very first day in office,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy. “Louisiana serves as America’s major LNG export hub making it the perfect location for PHMSA’s new Center of Excellence. We will continue our mission of ensuring American energy is delivered safely and efficiently to American homes and worldwide.” The Center serves as a hub for LNG research and innovation, regulatory coordination, development of operational best practices, and stakeholder education. The new 5,400 square foot office space will foster collaboration between the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.”
STATE UPDATES
Louisiana Illuminator: Earth Day rally at State Capitol focuses on fizzling carbon storage fight
Elise Plunk, 4/22/26
“Earth Day brought Louisiana-based environmental groups to the State Capitol Wednesday to voice their outrage over stalled legislative proposals intended to rein in carbon capture and sequestration projects in progress and planned around the state,” the Louisiana Illuminator reports. “Members of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, For a Better Bayou, The Descendants Project, RISE St. James, True Transition and Earthworks held a rally at the Capitol Gardens, where they shared their opposition to the growth of the carbon capture industry. Critics have questioned whether underground carbon storage methods are safe, and they see the technology leading to an increased reliance on fossil fuels rather than cleaner alternative energy. “We want clean air and clean water and a future for generations to come, and we do not want to continue subsidizing harmful corporations that continue to pollute and and destroy our communities,” said James Hiatt, director of environmental nonprofit For a Better Bayou… “The groups specifically mentioned frustration with the failure of a bill to prevent the use of eminent domain to acquire private property for carbon projects… “It’s been interesting finding some common ground with these Republican legislators,” Caitlion O’Neill Hunter, RISE St. James research and policy director, told the Illuminator. “I think we can come together and shake hands on a ‘no.’ No private company should be able to put anything on your land without your permission.” Instead of supporting carbon storage, the environmental groups called for legislators to provide more funding to cap orphan oil and gas wells in Louisiana, especially off its coast.”
Minden Press-Herald: Meeting tonight in Ringgold on earthquakes in NW Louisiana
4/23/26
“The Sheriff of Bienville Parish and citizens in Northwest Louisiana will host a public meeting on the topic of Earthquakes on Thursday April 23 at 6 p.m. at the Ringgold High School Cafeteria in Ringgold, LA,” the Minden Press-Herald reports. “...The 4.95 magnitude earthquake last month was a first for the Bienville Parish area. Citizens there strongly opposed the produced water injection permit for the Brickyard Trucking, LLC facility at Jamestown, believing what scientists have now confirmed: that fracking and underground injection contribute to seismic activity in the area. Multiple active faults have been identified in the Haynesville Shale, and a State Task Force is addressing the issues… “In addition to Bienville Parish area citizen concern regarding produced water injection, now Carbon Capture pipelines are coming, toward an undisclosed location, for compressed CO2 (toxic) injection… “Mike Nichols of PItkin, LA (a District 4 Congressional candidate) will address the evolving laws on Eminent Domain (allowing pipeline companies to take private property) and the various health and environmental problems posed by Carbon Capture pipelines and injection. Also speaking will be Charles Kingrey of Kinder, LA, a leader in Allen Parish’s opposition to Carbon Capture, who has a background in oil and gas, and currently raises cattle & is a local business owner.”
South Dakota Searchlight: Report cites 2-degree rise and urges South Dakota leaders to act on climate change, renewable energy
Makenzie Huber, 4/22/26
“South Dakota’s annual average temperatures have risen by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900, leading to more extreme and costly weather events such as flash flooding, windstorms and prolonged drought, according to a new report from a Sioux Falls-based nonprofit,” the South Dakota Searchlight reports. “Those changes can have significant effects on South Dakota’s economy — particularly agriculture — and the health of its residents, said Michael Heisler, chairman of the South Dakota Green Project, during a news conference Wednesday on Earth Day… “The group hopes for a transition from fossil fuels — which emit heat-trapping gases when burned — to a greater reliance on renewable energy… “That includes efforts to reduce urban sprawl with zoning reforms, track climate-change indicators in public health, prioritize smaller farmers, and “halt the unchecked expansion” of concentrated animal feeding operations in South Dakota… “Sixty-four percent of South Dakotans believe that global warming is occurring and another 64% believe global warming will hurt future generations, according to a survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication cited in the report.”
North Dakota Monitor: Value of North Dakota oil rises as Iran war upends markets
Jacob Orledge, 4/21/26
“North Dakota oil shipped on the Dakota Access Pipeline is fetching nearly $7 more per barrel than a U.S. benchmark price amid volatility caused by the Iran war,” the North Dakota Monitor reports. “State regulators aren’t sure why prices for North Dakota oil at its destination in Illinois are higher than traditional benchmark prices. One possibility is the light, sweet crude can be more easily refined into products like jet fuel and diesel that are experiencing demand surges in Europe and elsewhere… “North Dakota crude oil typically is discounted compared to benchmark pricing to account for the cost of transportation… “The new dynamic is a small part of a global oil market that has been thrown into chaos by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime bottleneck for a fifth of the world’s oil production… “That chaotic market dynamic and the uncertainty of how long the conflict, and subsequently high oil prices, will endure is a big reason why publicly-traded oil companies have not invested in new drilling, Anderson told the Monitor… “There are 26 active drilling rigs in North Dakota, and companies have indicated plans to add one or two more, Anderson told the Monitor. Beyond that, Anderson does not expect publicly-traded companies to increase drilling activity until 2027 because their budgets for this year are already set.”
CBS Minnesota: 3,500 gallons of crude corn oil spill into Mississippi River near Red Wing ADM facility
Ashley Grams, Eric Henderson, 4/21/26
“A barge spilled up to 3,500 gallons of crude corn oil into the Mississippi River at a Red Wing facility, and a multi-agency response was deployed to contain the material,” CBS Minnesota reports. “City officials say the Red Wing Fire Department responded to the ADM riverfront facility just after noon on Monday after receiving a report of a product spill. The crude corn oil appeared on the water as a yellow-orange substance. Current estimates indicate that 3,000 to 3,500 gallons may have entered the river. ADM staff had already placed a containment boom around the barge to prevent material from drifting downstream before fire crews arrived… “The agencies said there is no immediate risk to the public. The scene has been turned over to ADM and Clean Harbors for continued mitigation.”
EXTRACTION
Reuters: Iran war conflict could create systemic gas demand destruction, says top sector official
America Hernandez, 4/22/26
“The natural gas demand destruction currently resulting from the Iran war as governments implement measures to mitigate the crisis risks becoming structural if the conflict persists, the head of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum said on Wednesday,” Reuters reports. “Since the Middle East crisis began at the end of February, more than 500 million barrels of crude and condensate have been knocked out of the global market, according to Kpler data – the largest energy supply disruption in modern history. Countries dependent upon Gulf supplies have reacted by switching to burning coal and accelerating the switch to renewables. Speaking at the Invest in African Energy conference in Paris, Philip Mshelbila – secretary general of the body representing a dozen countries holding 70% of the world’s proven natural gas reserves – said such measures are currently a short-term response to the crisis. “If the conflict ended today, the world would recover in six months to a year. But if it lasts six months, those knee-jerk changes we are seeing could become structural,” he said.”
CBC: Carney’s new Canada-U.S. advisory committee draws praise, criticism in Alberta
Amir Said .4/22/26
“Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations is attracting praise from some in Alberta for its resource sector representation, while others question how effective it will be,” the CBC reports. “...Savage praised the committee’s inclusion of representatives from a wide range of sectors, including François Poirier, president and CEO of Calgary-based TC Energy… “TC Energy has been a strong advocate for maintaining the tariff-free flow of energy and attracting capital to strengthen North America’s role as an energy leader to protect energy security, affordability and reliability… “But as the one-year anniversary of the federal election approaches, Savage said she hasn’t seen much progress in Canada-U.S. trade relations. “The election was fought primarily on managing the United States getting a trade deal, and I don’t think that’s going well,” Savage told CBC.”
Carbon Herald: China Launches First Offshore CO2 Injection Project In Hainan
Violet George, 4/23/26
“China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has begun construction on an offshore CO2 capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project at the Dongfang 1-1 gas field in Hainan Province, marking the country’s first demonstration of carbon injection technology in an offshore setting,” the Carbon Herald reports. “The project is designed to capture carbon dioxide generated during natural gas production, process it, and reinject it into subsurface reservoirs… “The initiative applies carbon injection techniques commonly associated with enhanced hydrocarbon recovery. In this case, captured CO2 is compressed and injected back into gas-bearing formations, where it helps mobilize otherwise difficult-to-extract natural gas resources.”
GlobalNews.ca: Fuel spill on South Lake in Minden Hills Township prompts drinking water advisory
Greg Davis, 4/21/26
“Health officials are advising people not to use lake water on South Lake in the Township of Minden Hills Ont., following a fuel oil spill,” GlobalNews.ca reports. “Lakelands Public Health says furnace oil was released from a private property over the weekend into the lake, which is located just southeast of the village of Minden. A sheen of fuel remains on the water and is shifting with wind conditions, making it difficult to control, the health unit reports… “Many properties, both permanent and cottages, draw water directly from the lake, prompting the health unit to issue a drinking water advisory. Residents are told not to drink, cook, bathe, or wash with lake water.”
OPINION
Louisiana Illuminator: On BP oil spill anniversary, Gov. Landry snatches defeat from the jaws of recovery
Charles Sutcliffe is the senior adviser for resilience with the National Wildlife Federation, 4/21/26
“Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and, five years later, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill made it clear to everyone that unless something monumental was done about the coast, we would all lose,” Charles Sutcliffe writes for the Louisiana Illuminator. “In the aftermath of those tragedies, a consensus on how to create a safer, stronger future emerged. After the hurricanes, the Louisiana Legislature created the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, which then drafted the science-based Coastal Master Plan. Following the oil spill, the state planned to use the one-time money generated by a $20.8 billion settlement to implement the largest restoration projects included in the plan, the ones that would rebuild the most land, protect the most communities and restore the most wildlife habitat… “Then, Gov. Jeff Landry took office in 2024, and that progress was not only halted but reversed… “Altogether, the governor has wasted $746.6 million in oil spill fines and penalties, which will now not result in any restoration whatsoever… “The three major coastal disasters created consensus, established new priorities and presented an opportunity to build projects that would have allowed us to come back stronger. But because of one election, nearly 20 years of public trust and rigorous planning have been thrown out. Louisiana has gone from doing its best to not waste this opportunity to just plain waste.”