MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 2, 2026

NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures fall on mild weather outlook; Climate plaintiffs firm writes $25,000 check to Democratic AGs weeks before election; Trump administration may restart closed refineries; An environmentalist’s case for permitting reform; Shunning AI data centers will cost the US far more than embracing them; Energy security is beating energy ideology; AI’s biggest water problem isn’t the data center. It’s the power plant; How the US midterm elections could impact chemistry and other sciences; INTERNATIONAL: Oil creeps higher amid uncertainty over USA strategy in Iran; Another billion-dollar industry arrives to feed off “the climate crisis”; Qatari gas tanker struck in Gulf on Friday evening, state media says; Pakistan LNG cargo attacked near Hormuz had Iranian approval.

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