EXTRACTED: Daily News Clips 7/28/26
PIPELINE NEWS
Press release: Unchecked gas pipeline permit scheme challenged in federal court
WRDW: Savannah Riverkeeper sues Army Corps over pipeline permit program
Axios: D.C. attorney general wants to stop Washington Gas’ pipeline project
North Dakota Monitor: Democrat PSC candidates question attorney’s safety stance
CBC: 75 of these whales remain. A new West Coast pipeline would be ‘devastating’ for them, experts say
CBC: The great mystery of the Pathways carbon capture project: Who’s going to pay for it?
WASHINGTON UPDATES
E&E News: Trump-backed preservation overhaul approved by federal council
Common Dreams: Fury as Council of Trump Loyalists Votes to Steamroll Historic Preservation Law
New York Times: Big Tech Is Now Targeting Native American Land for Massive Data Centers
E&E News: Green groups lose court bid to halt Alaska land transfer
E&E News: Bipartisan bill would block Trump ESA rule
Inside Climate News: DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Has Collapsed in the Second Trump Administration, Former Attorneys Say
Oil Change International: Pay, Baby, Pay: Why Trump’s Agenda Means Higher LNG prices
STATE UPDATES
E&E News: Boulder asks the Supreme Court to keep its climate lawsuit alive
Bloomberg: Wyoming Loses Bid to Quash Conservation Groups’ Sage-Grouse Suit
Chicago Tribune: BP Whiting Refinery included on new greenhouse gas emissions report
EXTRACTION
Energy Voice: Major carbon capture body hits out against Peak Cluster evisceration
IDW: From Outcast to Option: Carbon Capture and Storage Makes a Comeback
Reuters: Russian tanker “Caroline Bezengi” suspected of causing a spill off the coast of Oman
TODAY IN GREENWASHING
Lakeland Today: Enbridge donates truck to St. Paul Search and Rescue
Bay Today: Temagami Fire Department upgrades gear thanks to $10K grant
OPINION
Odessa American: Younger generations can help shape carbon capture and storage
PIPELINE NEWS
Press release: Unchecked gas pipeline permit scheme challenged in federal court
7/27/26
“Today the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Alabama Rivers Alliance, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Healthy Gulf, Ogeechee Riverkeeper, and Savannah Riverkeeper, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a permit scheme that allows companies constructing oil and gas pipelines to sidestep federal laws that protect waterways, rare species, and other aquatic resources. The Corps’ Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12 authorizes oil and gas pipeline construction through waterways before projects are even proposed. NWP 12 violates the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and Administrative Procedure Act. The lawsuit challenges the permit’s use nationally but highlights the impact of two proposed methane gas pipeline projects: South System Expansion 4 and Mississippi Crossing. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. “This permit is a hall pass for companies to dodge compliance with environmental laws that protect communities, clean water, and wildlife in a pipeline’s path,” SELC staff attorney Spencer Scheidt said. “For years, the Army Corps has cut the public out of the decision-making process for destructive pipelines that degrade local streams and waterways. Instead, the agency effectively assumes pipeline companies will ‘do the right thing’—even though history shows that’s not happening.” Nationwide Permits may only be used to authorize activities with minimal environmental impacts, but the Army Corps uses NWP 12 to permit projects that span hundreds of miles and impact thousands of waterways… “The lawsuit specifically points to two proposed pipeline projects that would lay nearly 500 miles of new pipe across Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia: South System Expansion 4 and Mississippi Crossing. Project developers — Southern Natural Gas (Kinder Morgan and Southern Company), Elba Express (Kinder Morgan), and Tennessee Gas Pipeline (Kinder Morgan) — plan to use NWP 12 to construct pipelines through 2,200 waterbodies and mow down trees and vegetation across 11,000 acres – about 8,300 football fields.”
WRDW: Savannah Riverkeeper sues Army Corps over pipeline permit program
7/27/26
“The Savannah Riverkeeper joined four other environmental groups in suing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a program that streamlines federal approvals for oil and natural gas pipelines,” WRDW reports. “In a 51–page complaint filed Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C., Alabama Rivers Alliance, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Healthy Gulf, Ogeechee Riverkeeper and Savannah Riverkeeper target the Corps’ 2026 reissuance of “Nationwide Permit 12.” They allege it is illegal under the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act and Administrative Procedure Act… “The project developers − Southern Natural Gas (Kinder Morgan and Southern Co.), Elba Express (Kinder Morgan), and Tennessee Gas Pipeline (Kinder Morgan) - plan to use NWP 12 to construct pipelines through 2,200 water bodies and mow down trees and vegetation across 11,000 acres, according to the center. “Rivers, swamps, and wetlands are among the world’s most fragile landscapes,” Tonya Bonitatibus of Savannah Riverkeeper told WRDW.”
Axios: D.C. attorney general wants to stop Washington Gas’ pipeline project
Cuneyt Dil, 7/27/26
“At a time of skyrocketing utility bills, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is urging regulators to reject Washington Gas’ $215 million proposal for a major utility line replacement project,” Axios reports. “The project is intended to prevent gas leaks and refurbish aging infrastructure, but it could add a surcharge to residents’ already pricey utility bills, on top of service interruptions… “Schwalb argues major upgrades aren’t required at a time when the number of households using natural gas is declining. The AG also questioned whether the utility was prioritizing the most important repairs. “The first two phases of the project spent nearly $400 million but only replaced a small portion of old, leak-prone pipes,” Schwalb posted online… “The PSC already instated a 30% cut on the project’s budget to keep costs down.”
North Dakota Monitor: Democrat PSC candidates question attorney’s safety stance
Jeff Beach, 7/26/26
“Democratic candidates for North Dakota Public Service Commission say recent statements by a PSC attorney about pipeline safety point to larger problems in state government,” the North Dakota Monitor reports. “PSC attorney Zachary Pelham told a judge that the agency can’t consider public safety when evaluating the route of an interstate hazardous liquid pipeline in North Dakota. John Pederson and Scot Kelsh, Democrats who are challenging Republican incumbents for two positions on the PSC, took issue with those comments during a news conference in Fargo last week. “The current Public Service Commission should publicly refute their staff attorney’s finding and make a determination that considerations of the public, both welfare and safety, will be the primary criterion when siting not only pipelines, but any infrastructure project that affects multiple stakeholders,” Pederson said Thursday… ”Pelham said pipeline safety was strictly a federal regulatory responsibility… “Pederson and Kelsh said Pelham’s arguments were off target. “The narrow legal arguments in district court that the Public Service Commission cannot consider safety are emblematic of a broader leadership problem at the commission,” Pederson said. Kelsh, a former legislator, added: “If the law, century code, is that ambiguous that the PSC cannot even consider public safety when siting a pipeline, then we’re going to need legislative changes in order to make that ambiguity go away.” “...Erin Sutherland, policy and program director for the Pipeline Safety Trust, told the Monitor federal pipeline regulators generally leave siting authority up to the states. And states “absolutely” have a responsibility to consider public safety, she told the Monitor.”
CBC: 75 of these whales remain. A new West Coast pipeline would be ‘devastating’ for them, experts say
Brock Wilson, 7/28/26
“Environmental groups are voicing concerns about the impact the Alberta government’s proposed route for a new oil pipeline could have on an already endangered species of whale,” the CBC reports. “As of July 2025, there were 74 southern resident killer whales in the world, according to the Center for Whale Research. The proposed pipeline would be “devastating” for the species, according to Anna Barford with the international non-profit environmental organization Stand.earth. One spill would have “generations’ worth of impacts” on the marine population, she told CBC… “Those one million barrels would mean increased tanker traffic in an already crowded waterway… “The proposed pipeline’s route could end up near the Fraser River Estuary, a primary feeding area for these whales, full of “incredible biodiversity and richness,” Beatrice Frank, executive director at the Georgia Strait Alliance, told CBC… “The government is now considering amendments to the Species At Risk Act after the submission period for public feedback closed last week.”
CBC: The great mystery of the Pathways carbon capture project: Who’s going to pay for it?
Inayat Singh, 7/28/26
“When it was first announced in 2022, the Pathways Alliance was a way to thread the needle between continuing Canadian oil production and Justin Trudeau’s ambitious carbon emissions targets,” the CBC reports. “...It was a social licence of sorts — the oilsands could keep pumping oil but put some money toward capturing the carbon they were emitting in the process. But four years later, the carbon capture project (which is still called Pathways) has become increasingly nebulous in terms of both environmental impact and who is even paying for it. “When millions of Canadians are suffering from poor air quality [from wildfires], we’re throwing more money at the oil and gas industry for a pipeline that industry won’t fund for itself,” Tom Green, senior manager for climate solutions at the David Suzuki Foundation, told CBC. “And then we’re adding on this Pathways project, which I would describe as the incredible shrinking fig leaf to pretend that the oilsands industry actually cares about their emissions.” “...But more significantly, the federal government has committed to offering further financing and support to cover the operating costs for Pathways even after it’s built… “Mackenzie told CBC that oil companies should be footing some of the bill to reduce their pollution. Otherwise, “oilsands companies emit and release pollution into the air, the Canadian taxpayer pays for it and there’s no incentive for the oilsands companies to emit less or pollute less.”
WASHINGTON UPDATES
E&E News: Trump-backed preservation overhaul approved by federal council
Kinnia Cheuk, 7/27/26
“The federal panel overseeing historic preservation rules voted Friday to rewrite the regulations guiding federal agencies as they consider how proposed projects could affect historic and cultural sites, a move that has already complicated bipartisan permitting reform talks on Capitol Hill,” E&E News reports. “The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s proposed changes to regulations implementing the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) seek to narrow the scope of what properties are considered historic, make public comment periods optional and limit the scope of consultation with Native American tribes. The proposed changes could make energy development on public lands easier at a time when demand for power is surging across the country. Critics told E&E that the new rules would allow agencies to speed ahead on projects that may endanger cultural sites without doing sufficient outreach, from President Donald Trump’s pet projects in the nation’s capital to erecting transmission lines.”
Common Dreams: Fury as Council of Trump Loyalists Votes to Steamroll Historic Preservation Law
Brad Reed, 7/27/26
“...Trump-appointed members of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) on Friday voted move forward with rules that would weaken Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which requires the federal government to both evaluate how construction projects might impact protected places and to consult with people and groups affected by such projects, including Tribal Nations,” Common Dreams reports. “...Right now, a developer has to stop and listen before paving over a tribal burial ground, a Revolutionary War battlefield, or the church where your grandparents were married,” Huffman added. “Trump’s council wants to end that and cut tribal nations, states, counties, towns, and communities out of that conversation entirely.” “...At its core, the revisions strip communities of their right to be heard,” said the AIA. “These revisions place approximately 1.4 million historic sites at greater risk by shifting decisions away from the communities where they are rooted. The revisions make public comment optional rather than mandatory, narrow the definition of historic property, and shift decision-making authority almost entirely to federal agencies—sidelining state historic preservation officers, tribal historic preservation officers, tribes, and local governments.”
New York Times: Big Tech Is Now Targeting Native American Land for Massive Data Centers
David W. Chen, 7/27/26
“...The dizzying expansion of data centers to power artificial intelligence has communities in Republican and Democratic states feeling blindsided as citizens and local governments are forced to grapple with noise, water and energy concerns,” the New York Times reports. “That division may be even more palpable on Native lands, where outside exploitation has a long and ugly history and where technology companies see a chance for rapid development that gets past the red tape impeding projects elsewhere… “The issues have cropped up on Indian lands nationwide. In the Pacific Northwest, the Yakama Nation went to federal court in May to block a clean energy project on a sacred site that would power a data center campus. Honor the Earth, a national Indigenous group, has kicked off a Stop Data Colonialism campaign featuring an interactive map tracking proposed data centers… “There was “no consultation, no conversation,” Mr. Kernell told the Times, so he hastily organized a town hall that drew dozens of opponents from inside the tribe and outside. Days later, the council, with Mr. Kernell on it, unanimously passed a data center moratorium, the first tribe to do so.” “...Chebon Kernell, a tribal council member for the Seminole Nation, rejected what he called “the false fruits of wealth” that conjure painful memories. “True wealth is the well-being of our families,” he told the Times during a tour of his family’s cemetery, an hour east of Oklahoma City. “True wealth is being able to live on this Earth Mother without fear and without having to look over one’s shoulders.”
E&E News: Green groups lose court bid to halt Alaska land transfer
Alex Guillén, 7/27./26
“The Interior Department’s transfer of over 2 million acres of federal land to Alaska’s control will survive after a federal judge on Friday rejected environmentalists’ request to block the change in ownership,” E&E News reports. “The land transfer initiated earlier this year includes much of the Trans-Alaska pipeline corridor and will allow the state to more quickly approve permits for the proposed Ambler Road, which would connect the Dalton Highway to mining locations… “Local and national environmental groups sued in March, arguing that the transfer will weaken protections for those lands and boost mining and oil and gas drilling. The revocation came without any public participation, the groups said… “This decision should shock anyone who cares about laws put in place to protect transparency, public participation, and the health of people, the places they live, and their livelihoods and ways of life,” Psarianos told E&E.”
E&E News: Bipartisan bill would block Trump ESA rule
Ian M. Stevenson, 7/28/26
“Bipartisan House legislation would block the Trump administration’s move to undo habitat protections for imperiled species,” E&E News reports. “H.R. 9901, the Safeguarding Endangered Species Act, from Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), would nullify this month’s final rule that redefined “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. The new interpretation from the Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries excludes destruction of habitat from the law’s purview of explicit prohibitions. That change shifts how the Interior Department agencies have interpreted the bedrock environmental law for half a century. “For more than fifty years, our nation’s protections have reflected a basic legal, scientific, and commonsense truth: when habitat destruction actually kills or injures protected wildlife, that destruction is harm,” Fitzpatrick said in a statement.”
Inside Climate News: DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Has Collapsed in the Second Trump Administration, Former Attorneys Say
Dana Drugmand, 7/28/26
“...But half a dozen former ENRD attorneys tell a different story, citing a substantial decline in the division’s enforcement of environmental laws and warning that this ‘collapse,’ as one of those attorneys called it, threatens public health, the environment and the rule of law,” Inside Climate News reports. “...Like the Environmental Integrity Project, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) analyzed court records and found a ‘collapse’ of environmental enforcement under Trump II, with a sharp drop in civil cases settled by the DOJ that were referred by the EPA… “The former ENRD attorneys, and numerous environmental advocates, countered that the DOJ has named a former ExxonMobil attorney as the division’s senior counsel, intervened on behalf of polluters and gone on offense for the fossil fuel industry, suing states over their climate policies and efforts to hold oil companies accountable.”
Oil Change International: Pay, Baby, Pay: Why Trump’s Agenda Means Higher LNG prices
Lorne Stockman, 7/28/26
“The Trump administration’s energy policy focuses on increasing fossil fuel production and exports while undermining renewable energy. One of the administration’s first acts was to lift the Biden administration’s pause on new LNG export authorizations,” according to Oil Change International. “...With the Trump administration’s encouragement, a record 67 million metric tons (mtpa) of new U.S. LNG capacity reached a final investment decision (FID) in 2025, while an additional 23 mtpa was greenlit in 2026… “During this commissioning period it is not uncommon for LNG production to be paused while issues are addressed… “U.S. LNG exports, already the world’s largest, could double from 2025 levels by the early 2030s… “If industry succeeds in locking in unprecedented demand for U.S. gas by expanding exports and domestic consumption, U.S. supply may be pushed to its limits. Gas supply can only meet such high levels of demand if prices rise to cover the higher production costs of marginal gas supplies. This connects rising dependence on gas to rising energy costs. U.S. consumers and those in LNG-importing countries must push policymakers to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and accelerate the transition to reliable, affordable renewable energy.”
STATE UPDATES
E&E News: Boulder asks the Supreme Court to keep its climate lawsuit alive
Lesley Clark, 7/28/26
“Two Colorado communities are asking the Supreme Court to allow them to continue suing fossil fuel producers for climate change, saying the lawsuit is an “exercise of traditional state power,” E&E News reports. “In a brief filed Monday, the city and county of Boulder outlined their arguments in Suncor v. Boulder, a blockbuster climate case the court will take up in the fall that could derail nearly two dozen similar lawsuits against the oil and gas industry. The governments are asking the court to reject the industry’s bid to overturn a 2025 Colorado Supreme Court decision that allowed the lawsuit to proceed in state court. Exxon, Suncor and others assert that using state tort law to address global climate change is incompatible with the Constitution. But the local governments say that argument would “cast a shadow over laws long understood to represent valid exercises of the states’ constitutionally reserved powers.” The quote is from a 2023 Supreme Court decision that rejected a challenge to a California law setting spacing requirements for sows. “Since the Founding, courts have applied state law to such cases, including to remedy environmental harms,” the governments wrote in the brief.”
Bloomberg: Wyoming Loses Bid to Quash Conservation Groups’ Sage-Grouse Suit
Bobby Magill, 7/27/26
“A Montana judge on Friday denied Wyoming’s request to dismiss environmental groups’ challenge to a federal plan to permit oil and gas drilling in greater sage-grouse habitat,” Bloomberg reports. “Judge Brian Morris of the US District Court for the District of Montana also denied Wyoming’s request to transfer the litigation from Montana to Wyoming. The litigation challenges Trump administration decisions to scrap 2015 Bureau of Land Management land-use plans prioritizing oil and gas development outside greater sage-grouse habitat in Wyoming and Montana.”
Chicago Tribune: BP Whiting Refinery included on new greenhouse gas emissions report
Maya Wilkins, 7/26/26
“Lisa Vallee, a Whiting resident and organizing director for Just Transition Northwest Indiana, said she was surprised to see BP’s Whiting Refinery included in a study with the nation’s top greenhouse gas polluters,” the Chicago Tribune reports. “That’s really kind of wild,” Vallee told the Tribune. “But we see it with our own eyes. The folks that live here, we see the black smoke, we see the huge flames, we know that this is happening.” The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, on Tuesday, released its “Trends and Accountability in EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Data” report… “It’s a really powerful feature of the greenhouse gas reporting program,” Kimberly Barrett, EDGI analyst and professor of sociology, anthropology and criminology at Eastern Michigan University, told the Tribune. “We thought that a report that broke this data down in this way could highlight the power and utility of the program, and also it could desensitize people to the volumes of emissions, some of which might be occurring in their backyards.” “...BP is eighth of 10 on the largest suppliers list from 2010 to 2023, according to the report. The Whiting location emitted 655,454,810.8 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in that time.”
EXTRACTION
Energy Voice: Major carbon capture body hits out against Peak Cluster evisceration
Jemima Corcoran, 7/27/26
“The Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) has hit back at a Conservative MP’s parliamentary debate which questioned the safety of the Peak Cluster carbon capture plan,” Energy Voice reports. “It follows a parliamentary exchange in which Tory MP Esther McVey labelled the Peak Cluster carbon capture storage (CCS) project “wholly unnecessary”. CCSA chief executive Olivia Powis remarked: “CCUS is a vital and safe technology that protects industries such as cement and lime by tackling significant and unavoidable emissions that cannot be eliminated simply by switching to renewable energy”. She continued, explaining that “Peak Cluster ensures we continue making cement and lime here in the UK, protecting industrial jobs and supporting local communities”... “The union has launched a Save Our Cement initiative in response to complaints surrounding the Peak Cluster project… “As the UK edges closer to its net zero deadline (and with a new DESNZ secretary who’s shown interest in moving that deadline forward), Powis argues that “without the ability to produce increasingly sought-after low-carbon products domestically, the UK risks exporting emissions overseas while becoming more exposed to price shocks and more reliant on imports that are essential to critical infrastructure”.
IDW: From Outcast to Option: Carbon Capture and Storage Makes a Comeback
Dr. Bianca Schröder, 7/28/26
“Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is regaining prominence in climate policy debates in Germany,” according to IDW. “A study published in Environmental Politics examines the reasons behind this comeback and shows that the strict limits originally envisaged for CCS were progressively relaxed throughout the political process. This increases the risk that the lifespan of fossil fuel infrastructure will be prolonged, potentially side-lining other climate protection measures. “In Germany, CCS was long regarded as a political non-starter. This makes the question of how the technology returned to the centre of the climate policy debate within just a few years all the more intriguing,” says lead author Tobias Haas from the Research Institute for Sustainability at the GFZ (RIFS)... “At the same time, the debate shifted: the argument was no longer about whether CCS should be used; instead, the focus turned to how and to what extent its use should be permitted… “The authors therefore recommend that the use of CCS be contingent upon clearly defined conditions. Central to this is a binding definition of which emissions are truly ‘hard-to-abate.’ “Otherwise, there is a risk that more and more emissions will subsequently be classified as unavoidable and that the use of CCS will be gradually expanded,” Haas told IDW… “The debate surrounding CCS exemplifies the risk of relying, in order to achieve climate targets, on technologies that have yet to make a tangible contribution to climate protection and where it is unclear whether they will ‘deliver’ on a large scale in the future.”
Reuters: Russian tanker “Caroline Bezengi” suspected of causing a spill off the coast of Oman
Alba Fortea, 7/26/26
“The tanker “Caroline Bezengi” (IMO 9224439), flagged in Cameroon, may be causing an oil spill in a protected marine area off the coast of Oman, according to satellite images released by Reuters. The vessel, which belongs to the so-called Russian ghost fleet, is sanctioned by the European Union and the United Kingdom for its alleged involvement in the transport of crude oil and fuels from the Eurasian country… “Images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites between July 2 and July 13 show a large brown patch in waters near the island of al-Qibliyyah, possibly consistent with a crude oil spill at sea. At this time, the cause of the possible leak is unknown, although the main hypothesis suggests that the “Caroline Bezengi” may have suffered a Ukrainian attack, which could have caused a technical failure and subsequent spillage.”
TODAY IN GREENWASHING
Lakeland Today: Enbridge donates truck to St. Paul Search and Rescue
Mario Cabradilla, 7/27/26
“St. Paul Search and Rescue (St. Paul SARS) has received some help to replace one of the volunteer organization’s aging trucks,” Lakeland Today reports. “St. Paul SARS president Jagger Smyl Joly told LT the truck will significantly boost the team’s capacity. “It’s fantastic. It’s a huge resource for our team,” he told LT. The donation from Enbridge was officially made at Reunion Station in St. Paul on July 21. The truck is the second vehicle Enbridge has donated to St. Paul SARS. Enbridge gave the team its first truck about four years ago and has also provided two drones and cash for equipment like radios and laptops over the years, Smyl Joly told LT… “Enbridge also works with the St. Paul Fire Department and other first response departments in the region, Gillam told LT.”
Bay Today: Temagami Fire Department upgrades gear thanks to $10K grant
David Briggs, 7/27/26
“Thanks to a TC Energy Community Investment grant, the Temagami Fire Department has more tools to protect firefighters and the community,” according to Bay Today. “This past May, the fire department was selected as a successful funding applicant by TC Energy’s Community Investment team and received a $10,000 grant… “At TC Energy, we believe that strong communities are built through meaningful partnerships and sustained investment,” TC Energy noted.”
OPINION
Odessa American: Younger generations can help shape carbon capture and storage
Zack Abnet is the Texas State Director at the American Conservation Coalition, 7/26/26
“...Here’s what’s striking about how young Texans actually talk about energy: they’re not interested in false choices. In our conversations held across college campuses, industry tours, and conferences, they’re not asking whether Texas should prioritize jobs, the environment, reliability, or innovation. They’re asking how Texas stays on top, with all the tools we have at our disposal,” Zack Abnet writes for the Odessa American. “For that reason, we get asked a lot about carbon capture and storage, or CCS, because it is one of the most promising tools available for clean, firm energy production… “For students and young workers, that matters. They want careers connected to industries that are both economically strong and prepared for the future. If Texas gets the policy framework right, CCS can help keep existing industries competitive while creating new pathways for innovation, investment, and good-paying jobs across the state… “But for CCS to become part of Texas’s energy future, the state will need more than strong geology and industry interest; it will need public trust. Encouragingly, a more deliberate conversation around community engagement is already taking shape in Texas, and young people should see that as an opportunity to help shape the process.”