** Boeing on Monday launched a stock offering that could raise up to $19 billion as the planemaker looks to strengthen its finances squeezed by an over month-long strike by its workers and preserve its investment-grade credit rating.
** Campaign spending by ethanol producers related to a South Dakota carbon pipeline ballot measure far outweighs spending by farming interests and climate advocates ahead of the Nov. 5 vote.
** A clear majority of young Americans between ages 16 and 25 are either very or extremely worried about climate change, according to a researcher’s new survey of 16,000 people.
** Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, announced Monday significant contracts with Petrobras to provide 77 km of flexible pipe systems to be deployed in Brazil’s pre-salt fields. The agreement was signed Oct. 15, 2024, following an open tender.
** Virginia residents begin to organize against newly announced plans for a 3,500 MW natural gas-fired power plant that would be built alongside a data center complex and tap into the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
** U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin announces $44 million in federal money for a carbon storage hub in West Virginia and Ohio.
World
** China renewed warnings to the European Union that if the bloc conducts separate negotiations with electric vehicle companies while in talks with China, that would “shake mutual trust” and interfere with the overall negotiations, Chinese commerce ministry said on Monday.
** Plans to shut down a vital terminal in the North Sea have sparked a bitter legal row over claims it will damage the UK’s oil and gas production. The proposal by French energy giant TotalEnergies to decommission the Gryphon terminal, which serves four offshore oil and gas fields, has triggered a claim from a rival operator.
** China renewed warnings to the European Union that if the bloc conducts separate negotiations with electric vehicle companies while in talks with China, that would “shake mutual trust” and interfere with the overall negotiations, Chinese commerce ministry said on Monday.
