Steve Everley | Morning Consult | May 31, 2018

In the closing days of the Obama administration, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management enacted controversial methane regulations for oil and gas development on federal lands. BLM’s so-called venting and flaring rule sought to reduce emissions and increase royalties, all built on the assumption that large quantities of natural gas are wasted during oil and gas production.

Daniel J. Graeber | UPI | May 29, 2018

Because of the increased use of natural gas, carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector were at their lowest in 30 years, a government report read.

Port Arthur News | May 29, 2018

Payton Keith, of Harris, Deville and Associates, told the Texas National Maritime Association banquet, held at Lamar State College Port Arthur, that U.S. energy prowess is pushing the U.S. to global dominance in energy production and trade, and there’s little ahead to slow that down. That’s great news in this energy-rich state.

Julie Gordon | Reuters | May 22, 2018

Cheniere Energy Inc said on Tuesday it had approved the construction of a third liquefaction unit, known as a train, at its Corpus Christi export terminal in Texas, the first new liquefied natural gas project to go ahead in the United States since 2015.

Jenny Mandel | E&E News | May 23, 2018

The developers of an under-construction liquefied natural gas terminal going up in Freeport, Texas, have applied to expand it to export more LNG, while another project expansion announced plans yesterday to move forward.

Texans for Natural Gas | May 14, 2018

An Arizona-based environmental group recently submitted comments to Texas regulators in opposition to a new ethane cracker proposed for San Patricio County. The group claimed all of the comments came from Texas residents, but hundreds of them were signed by people outside the state, according to a review by Texans for Natural Gas.

Texans for Natural Gas | May 9, 2018

Texas may soon be home to the world’s largest ethane cracker, a plastics manufacturing facility that would employ thousands of people during construction. 

Erin Mundahl | Inside Sources | May 3, 2018

On Monday, the Supreme Court put another hurdle in front of the completion of the Constitution Pipeline, denying to hear an appeal of the case from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. At the heart of the case is a decision by New York state environmental regulators to deny a permit under the Clean Water Act, although federal regulators had already approved the pipeline plan. The Court’s announcement means that pipeline supporters have run out of ways to contest this state decision. Even after their success, environmentalists are not yet announcing victory, though. Despite the setback, this is not the end of the Constitution Pipeline.