Enbridge Briefed Trump Admin on Plan to Expand Pipe into New England
Enbridge is exploring a major expansion of its Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline into New England, a move sure to inflame environmental extremists. According to super-secret sources blabbing to E&E News, the company briefed the Trump administration’s National Energy Dominance Council and potential buyers about the project. Details remain preliminary and undisclosed. The proposal comes as Democratic governors in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island face pressure over high energy costs while pursuing nutty climate goals. Read More “Enbridge Briefed Trump Admin on Plan to Expand Pipe into New England”
Last December, MDN told you that three anti-shale drilling groups—the PA Council of Trout Unlimited, the Keystone Trails Association, and the Responsible Drilling Alliance—requested the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hold a hearing on the Chapter 105 permit requested for a 3.9-mile shale gas access road and staging area proposed by Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE) in the Loyalsock State Forest (see 
National Fuel Gas Company (NFG) is an integrated natural gas company with a regulated utility business, a shale drilling business (Seneca Resources), and a pipeline business (NFG Midstream, Empire Pipeline). The company issued its fiscal second quarter update two weeks ago, which is everyone else’s calendar first quarter update. The good news is that NFG is upgrading its Line N natural gas pipeline to carry an additional 94,000 Dth/d (90 MMcf/d) of Marcellus/Utica shale gas. The bad news is that Seneca produced 102.0 Bcf of natural gas, a decrease of 3.5 Bcf, or 3%, from the prior year, largely due to weather-driven completion delays and “typical natural gas production declines on producing wells.” 
There’s a reason the University of California, Berkeley, is nicknamed “Berserkly.” It is a hotbed of bright red Communist philosophy and teaching. It produces people who are, well, berserk. And yet, in an unguarded moment of honesty and lucidity, a UC Berkeley researcher has just published a study outlining how natural gas from shale is saving American consumers on the order of $200 billion each year, a cumulative total of $5 trillion or more since 2007. This is astonishing — not only because of how much Americans have saved, but because UC Berkeley is willing to share that truth with the world, damaging its own reputation with the wacky, badacky left. 
The federal EPA has proposed new rules allowing gas-fired power plants, data centers, and factories to begin constructing non-polluting components like piping, wiring, and cement pads before receiving air emission permits. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin stated that this aims to streamline critical infrastructure projects and advance technological development, particularly for AI. Critics, including Big Green lawyers, argue these changes undermine the Clean Air Act by making it harder for communities to “protect air quality.” More importantly, Big Green says it will make it harder for regulators to reject permits after significant investment has already been made. Well, duh! That’s the point. 
U.S. energy production reached a record 107 quadrillion British thermal units in 2025, up 3.4% from 2024 and marking the fourth straight annual record high. Growth was led by all-time highs in natural gas, crude oil, natural gas plant liquids, and unreliable renewables. Dry natural gas output rose more than 4% to 39 trillion cubic feet, with gains concentrated in Appalachia, the Permian, and Haynesville. Incidentally, natural gas has been the largest source of U.S. domestic energy production since 2011. Who knew?! 
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy receives $50,000 award; Large-scale emergency drill tests county response; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Venture Global signs new LNG supply deals with TotalEnergies, Vitol; Oglethorpe Power breaks ground on $3.3B Monroe natgas plant to meet rising demand; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures settle higher; “Green Machine” targets plastics at consumer expense; CFACT presses utility giants on costly Green energy fence-sitting; Why the U.S. now dominates global LNG markets; INTERNATIONAL: Oil jumps as Hormuz crisis deepens; China LNG imports signal recovery; Carney moves to fast-track federal approval for major projects.