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On February 26, 2009, President Obama proposed to increase U.S. EPA's budget nearly 30% ($3 billion) to $10.5 billion. One...
Tags: Environment
A new study released by Informa Economics finds that it is impossible to assign a cause to the increased volatility experienced...
Tags: Energy
Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced yesterday that it plans to reorganize its Charleston, West Virginia office from a...
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NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage (NGT&S) announced today that it would be cutting approximately 370 to 380 positions in 2009....
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According to this article in the Register-Guard, a Florida contractor has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in penalties due to...
Tags: Water, Clean Water Act, Clean, Act,
The Washington Post is reporting that Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, has decided to scrap oil-shale development leases on...
Something to watch for - The Governor of West Virginia has proposed tax changes of fairly limited benefit for the oil and natural...
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This report from the Houston Chronicle discusses how major oil and gas company executives are lobbying Congress and the Obama...
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From the NYT: "Despite appearances to the contrary, the economic stimulus bill does not require states to 'decouple' utility...
Tags: Energy, Decoupling, Utility
According to MSNBC, a report released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, finds that global oil and gas deal values declined...
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