Outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a House Appropriations subcommittee that a proposed federal rule to govern hydraulic fracturing on public lands is forthcoming, Platts reports.
RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — Three hours west of Denver, across the Continental Divide, the Rocky Mountains begin the long transition into high desert plateaus.
Two of President Barack Obama's top appointees to oversee energy and pollution policy will take center stage this week at Senate confirmation hearings that should add new detail about the administration's second-term regulatory agenda.
The hearings will be sandwiched around the release of Obama's 2014 budget plan on Wednesday. The budget should also shed light on the president's spending priorities at the Energy Department on renewable and fossil fuel research and his support for new tax revenues from the oil and gas industry.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Like a marriage the in-laws don't approve of, a new plan to strengthen standards for fracking is creating unusual divisions among environmentalists and supporters of the oil and gas industry.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several southern Illinois counties are sampling the fruits of a land rush linked to a debated drilling practice, even as state lawmakers wrestle with how to regulate it.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden on Wednesday scheduled three committee roundtable forums next month on natural gas challenges.
Wyden, D-Ore., jointly announced the forums with ranking Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. The first is to be held May 16 and will address new areas of natural gas demand, including the transportation sector, and pipeline infrastructure.
Drilling methods on the Marcellus Shell have become safer and more environmentally friendly as larger companies buy out smaller drillers, The Wall Street Journal reports.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A formal complaint filed with New York's lobbying board asks it to investigate whether Artists Against Fracking, a group that includes Yoko Ono and other A-List celebrities, is violating the state's lobbying law, according to the document obtained by The Associated Press.
American Petroleum Institute Executive Vice President Marty Durbin will leave the group to become president of the America's Natural Gas Alliance trade group, effective May 1.
Durbin, a nephew to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is a Democratic former congressional aide and former head of federal relations for the American Chemistry Council. He joined API in 2009 and will fill the position at ANGA left by the departure of Regina Hopper last month.
The American Petroleum Institute said the EPA ignored federal law by shortening the public comment period for its regulation to cut sulfur content in fuel, The Hill reports.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., apologized for referencing the Oklahoma tornadoes while criticizing Republicans on climate change during his weekly Senate speech, Fox News reports.
Harold Brooks, a researcher at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, said powerful tornadoes can't be blamed on climate change without more data, Bloomberg reports.
Despite successful tornado warnings in Oklahoma, Congress currently plans to let furloughs for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters take effect, Politico reports.
Tesla Motors' plan to repay its Energy Department loan as early as today offers President Obama a major victory after two years of criticism for his clean-energy plans, Bloomberg reports.
A poll from Yale and George Mason universities found a majority believe national leaders should put priority on combatting global warming and developing clean energy, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The European Union's probe into possible energy price manipulation has brought focus to oil companies' trading desks, units that sometimes take more risks than Wall Street firms, Reuters reports.
Indonesian authorities arrested Chevron executive Bachtiar Abdul on corruption charges despite a 2012 court order clearing him of wrongdoing, Reuters reports.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said his country and Pakistan should expand cooperation on power generation to help alleviate Pakistan's energy crisis, Reuters reports.
