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Yesterday the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company v. U.S.  At...


Tags: CERCLA, Environment

By Vorys On February 23, 2009

Exception to PA Hiring Freeze

Good news for the PA DEP. The potential economic benefits from natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale apparently outweigh...


Tags: Marcellus, Energy

By Vorys On February 23, 2009

Oil Shale A Possibility?

Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, recently said that the new Administration will push an energy plan that includes a wide range of...


Tags: Oil Shale, Energy

By Vorys On February 21, 2009

Commodity Speculation Legislation

According to this press release, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) introduced legislation today to address speculation and price...


Tags: Energy

By Vorys On February 20, 2009

Carbon Capture and Oil Sands

At a meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Harper of Canada, cooperation on research and development of carbon...


Tags: Carbon, Energy

By Vorys On February 19, 2009

Carbon Regulation

The NYT is reporting that U.S. EPA is expected to act for the first time to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases....


Tags: CO2, Energy, Environment

By Vorys On February 19, 2009

New Texas Drilling Rules Proposed

A series of bills are being introduced into the Texas legislature to tighten regulations on natural gas drilling in the Barnett...


Tags: Energy, Drilling

By Vorys On February 19, 2009

El Paso Asset Sale

This is interesting.  CNNMoney.com reports that El Paso closed on the sale of two non-core natural gas producing properties for a...


Tags: Energy

EPA has decided that greenhouse gas output cannot be considered by officials reviewing federal applications to build new...


Tags: CO2, Energy, Environment

By Vorys On February 16, 2009

Crude Oil Supply Crunch - 2010

The yo-yo effect.  CNNMoney.com reports that the International Energy Agency is warning that there could be an oil supply crunch...


Tags: Oil, Energy

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