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DAILY ENERGY NEWS | 10/22/2025

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Rest in Peace, Karen Wright.

National Review (10/15/25) reports: "She was many things, big and consequential, to many people, to many causes and institutions, to her nation and especially to its Founding Father, George, to her small, beloved hometown, to the company she turned into a global force, but what Karen Wright — dear friend of this journal and this writer, who passed away this day after the last of her several hand-to-hand battles with a much-determined cancer — hoped above all to be remembered as is this: mother. Mother of Alex, Hunter, Andrew, and Sam, Karen Buchwald Wright, age 71, having run the race and having shared, in her way, the sufferings of the Lord in whom she believed, having carried out the responsibility of one to whom the Good Book designates as much has been given (and in her case, made), has died, and is mourned."

"Plato’s philosopher kings were to rule by reason; Europe’s philosopher queens rule by emotion. They conflate compassion with competence, signalling with substance. The result is a polity unfit for purpose — moralistic, militarily impotent, economically stagnant and socially fractured. One hopes that the physics and economics of energy, the arithmetic of national debt and the instincts of ordinary people will, in time, reassert themselves. If that were so, Europe may rediscover the virtues it once taught the world in its Age of Enlightenment."

– T ilak K. Doshi, CO2 Coalition

Climate litigation is a tax on all of us.

Energy In Depth (10/11/25) reports: "As the Supreme Court weighs an appeal in Boulder’s climate case, a key attorney behind the lawsuit made a shocking admission about the true aims of the lawsuit. David Bookbinder, who served for years as part of the legal team representing the Colorado municipalities – and who still remains “privy to the communications and deliberations of the legal team” today – acknowledged during a recent Federalist Society panel that these climate cases aren’t really about 'accountability' at all: 'Tort liability is an indirect carbon tax. You sue an oil company, an oil company is liable. The oil company then passes that liability on to the people who are buying its products. In some sense, it is the most efficient way. The people who buy those products are now going to be paying for the cost imposed by those products. … [This is] somewhat of a convoluted way to achieve the goals of a carbon tax.' The timing of Bookbinder’s comments is striking. His admission comes as the DOJ, 26 states, and now over 100 members of Congress urged the Supreme Court this week to review Boulder’s case, warning that it 'upends the constitutional balance' and could 'bankrupt the U.S. energy sector' by allowing local courts to dictate national energy policy."

Keep up the momentum.

The American Spectator (10/21/25) op-ed: "Donald Trump has already had his 'tear down this wall' moment, although it may not become apparent for a few decades. That moment came on July 29, 2025, when Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced it would begin the process to rescind the 'Endangerment Finding' that sits at the heart of the climate agenda. By releasing the Energy Department’s updated scientific report in tandem with the EPA’s reversal of its prior rulemaking, the Trump administration has delivered a powerful one-two punch that will give added momentum to its 'America First' energy agenda... There’s an argument to be made that Trump’s decision to move against the Endangerment Finding makes his entire presidency worthwhile just by itself. But there are others worth noting. Tom Pyle, the president of the American Energy Alliance, was pleased to see the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' take down what he calls 'market-distorting subsidies' for wind and solar schemes. Pyle also credits Trump for withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement. 'The Paris Agreement was a bad deal from the start,' Pyle said in a press release. 'It committed the U.S. to unilateral economic disarmament by saddling the economy with unnecessary regulations and would have driven energy costs sky-high for American families.'"

Growth mindset.

EIA (10/14/25) reports: "U.S. ethane exports are poised for significant growth through 2026, driven by robust global demand for ethane as a petrochemical feedstock, substantial U.S. export capacity expansions, and larger vessels to carry ethane exports. In our October Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast U.S. ethane net exports will grow 14% in 2025, followed by a 16% rise in 2026. The United States does not import ethane. Ethane, a natural gas liquid primarily extracted from raw natural gas during processing, is a critical component in the petrochemical sector. It’s mainly used as a feedstock to produce ethylene, which is used to make a wide range of products including plastics, resins, and synthetic rubber. The expansion of U.S. ethane export infrastructure supports export growth. Energy Transfer commissioned its Nederland facility in Texas in the second quarter of 2025 (2Q25), with capacity to export 250,000 barrels per day (b/d) of either ethane or propane. Energy Transfer will also expand its Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, terminal by 20,000 b/d at the end of 2025. In July, Enterprise commissioned the Neches River ethane terminal in Texas, which has a capacity of 120,000 b/d. The second phase of the Neches River terminal is expected to come online in early 2026, adding 180,000 b/d of capacity. The addition of the Nederland flexport facility and first phase of the Neches River terminal increased U.S. ethane export capacity 16%; the second phase of Neches River terminal will expand it a further 21%."