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Helping Clients With Their Energy and Environmental Needs

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has approved the sale of Dominion Peoples Natural Gas Company to Peoples Hope Natural...


Tags: Energy

By Greg Russell On November 19, 2009

Cabot Sued

That didn't take long.  The Wayne Independent is reporting that local landowners in Dimock Township, PA, are suing Cabot Oil & Gas...


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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has initiated Section 5 rate investigations for Natural Gas Pipeline Company of...


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By Greg Russell On November 19, 2009

Deepwater Turbines

The NYT has an article on locating wind turbines for energy production miles off the coast on floating facilities. Very...


Tags: Wind, Energy, Environment

U.S. EPA published its most recent amendments to the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule last Friday,...


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Climate change is not the end-all-be-all of regulating our air, says EPA. Yesterday, the EPA announced a proposed rule that will...


Tags: Clean Air Act, Sulfur, Sulfur Dioxide, Dioxide,

By Greg Russell On November 17, 2009

Peak Oil - Safe Until 2030

The NYT has an article on the peak oil controversy and a recent study by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates finding that...


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By Greg Russell On November 17, 2009

No Necessity Defense

We reported previously on an activist who had bid nearly $2 million on federal Bureau of Land Management leases that he did not...


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By Greg Russell On November 16, 2009

BP Gulf Oil Discovery

The Houston Chronicle is reporting that BP confirmed the presence of oil in deep water reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico in a...


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Devon Energy Corp. announced today that it plans on divesting itself of its Gulf of Mexico and international assets, according to...


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