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President Obama’s top energy and environmental officials are casting their work as a core piece of White House efforts to boost the economy while using rough-and-tumble language to parry Republican attacks. Four speeches over four days by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and... Read More

Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon could be under fire over his controversial financial stake in the company’s oil-and-gas wells, but he’s declaring victory in a bigger battle: his campaign against coal. McClendon has long touted natural gas as a cleaner alternative to... Read More

The Interior Department is moving ahead with plans to update toughened offshore drilling safety standards that were first issued on an “emergency” basis months after the 2010 BP oil spill. The White House Office of Management and Budget, which reviews federal agency rules,... Read More

Al Armendariz, the Environmental Protection Agency official under fire for comparing enforcement of environmental laws to crucifixion, has resigned. Armendariz, who was EPA’s Region 6 administrator, said in an April 29 letter to Jackson that he came to the conclusion that “my... Read More

President Obama’s top energy and environmental officials are casting their work as a core piece of White House efforts to boost the economy while using rough-and-tumble language to parry Republican attacks. Four speeches over four days by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and... Read More

The Houston Chronicle looks at Exxon Mobil’s offshore drilling safety programs in an interview with a top company official. Reuters reports on the debate over the economic effects of allowing hydraulic fracturing in New York. The Washington Post’s “Fact Checker” column concludes... Read More

President Obama’s top energy and environmental officials are casting their work as a core piece of White House efforts to boost the economy while using rough-and-tumble language to parry Republican attacks. Four speeches over four days by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and... Read More

The resolution marks the latest push by Republicans in Congress to put pressure on EPA Administrator Armendariz to step down. Rep. Jeff Landry (R-La.) introduced a House resolution Friday calling on an Environmental Protection Agency official to resign over 2010 comments... Read More

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans want an Environmental Protection Agency official to testify on his 2010 comments comparing enforcement of air pollution laws to crucifixion. Republicans pounced this week on EPA Region 6 Administrator Al Armendariz’s comments soon... Read More

April 26, 2012 In the News, Newsroom Int’l Business Times: Industry Group Releases Suggestions For Natural Gas Development In Marcellus Shale By Pierre Bertrand “This infrastructure is vital to obtain the economic and energy security benefits from this abundant natural resource,”... Read More