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DAILY ENERGY NEWS  | 09/23/2025
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Michigan does not get to dictate international relations any more than California can dictate vehicle choice for the entire country.


Michigan Advance (9/22/25) reports: "The United States Department of Justice on Friday announced that it had filed a statement of interest in Enbridge Energy’s case against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.  Whitmer pledged to shut down the Canadian energy company’s Line 5 pipeline as part of her 2018 campaign for governor. In 2020, she ordered the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to revoke Enbridge’s permit to operate Line 5 on the bottomlands of the Straits of Mackinac, arguing the company had repeatedly violated the terms of the easement and that its continued operation within the Great Lakes carried an 'unacceptable risk' for a catastrophic oil spill. In response, Enbridge filed a suit arguing the governor and the DNR hold no authority over pipeline safety, and that the move to shut down the pipeline was in violation of the 1977 Transit Pipelines Treaty with Canada concerning the flow of oil and natural gas through pipelines across borders. Attorney General Adam Gustafson of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division raised similar arguments in a statement released Friday."

"The path to prosperity lies not in punitive regulation and supply chain dependence on China, but in strategic independence and abundant energy." 

 

– Diana Furchtgott-Roth,
The Heritage Foundation

Big Green, Inc. admitting they don't need tax dollars to do their "work" is another win for Team Trump.


E&E News (9/23/25) reports: "Less than two weeks after the Trump administration dissolved a panel analyzing financial risks from climate change, former panel members are forming a new institute to continue the work. Leaders of a Harvard University climate institute and think tank Resources for the Future are launching a research initiative Tuesday to investigate how climate-driven extreme weather and the energy transition are shaking markets and could cause a collapse. The new group will research the risk of climate change to financial markets including property insurance, which had been done by an independent expert panel advising federal regulators on climate-related financial risk since 2022. The panel was dissolved this month as the Trump administration eliminates climate-related programs. 'We do not consider climate change a financial stability risk,' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said."

Patriots.


Wyoming Public Radio (9/22/25) reports: "In a three to one vote, Laramie County commissioners have decided to not continue with Repsol Renewables' idea to quote 'power an economic boon to Laramie County, by bringing an up to 650-megawatt wind project.' The Laramie Range Wind Project seeks to bring 170 more wind turbines to the northwest corner of the county. According to Repsol, this project would generate enough power to go to 200,000 Wyoming homes annually, along with 'an investment over $1 billion and following tax revenue,' as stated by Commissioner Troy Thompson...Commissioner Linda Heath said she understands that the two families whose land this project would be on are attempting save their farms for future generations. But she questioned the amount of energy produced compared to total cost, the reclamation after the wind farm is decommissioned and the 'eye sore' more turbines could bring. 'I just don't want to sacrifice our natural Wyoming beauty that we have here in the state of Wyoming for wind towers and solar fields,' said Heath. 'Even though some people think there's nothing out here, there's beauty in that starkness that we have.'"

Blue city front group comes to ground breaking conclusion that blue cities need more federal dollars.


E&E News (9/23/25) reports: "Congress could bolster the front lines of climate adaptation by increasing the amount of money it dedicates to infrastructure and water projects, the National League of Cities said in a report released Tuesday...Local governments got a funding boost from the bipartisan infrastructure law of 2021, but they’re on shaky ground going forward. Congress and President Donald Trump have moved to block some spending in the law — known officially as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — and inflation has driven up the cost of construction, eating into the law's effectiveness...To pay for these projects and others, cities looked to grant funding almost as much as they relied on their own capital budgets, the report found. It's unclear, however, how much federal money will be available for resilience efforts in the near future. The bipartisan infrastructure law is scheduled to expire next year. Congress is working on the next five-year transportation bill — along with reauthorizing state and local water programs — though there are signs that congressional Republicans, who control the House and Senate, will change how the money is allocated."

Energy Markets

 
WTI Crude Oil: ↑ $63.16
Natural Gas: ↑ $2.81
Gasoline: ↓ $3.17
Diesel: ↓ $3.69
Heating Oil: ↑ $232.16
Brent Crude Oil: ↑ $67.36
US Rig Count: ↑ 584

 
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