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Many of the claims that natural gas drilling has led to health problems and reduces air quality are based on inaccurate and misleading science, The Associated Press reported Sunday. A group of researchers told the wire service that studies pinning rises in breast cancer rates to... Read More

The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee is slated to vote Wednesday on Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s (D-N.J.) sweeping plan to toughen federal chemicals regulation, Capitol Hill aides and environmentalists say. The “Safe Chemicals Act” – which Lautenberg has been... Read More

A group of GOP lawmakers will meet with Republican National Committee (RNC) officials later Monday to discuss how energy policy will be addressed at the party’s upcoming national convention. Lawmakers and energy industry representatives are invited to the “listening... Read More

The Associated Press has the latest on Iran’s influence over a major global oil shipping lane. “A top Iranian naval commander says Tehran’s forces have full control over the Gulf’s strategic Strait of Hormuz, but have no plans to try to close the route for one-fifth of the... Read More

Former Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.), who is trying to build support for a carbon tax, said the facts on global warming will “overwhelm” GOP resistance to climate change action and alter the party’s stance. “What we have been doing so far is sort of shrinking in science denial and... Read More

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairwoman Allison Macfarlane will meet with the House Energy and Commerce Committee for the first time during a Tuesday hearing. The hearing will tackle NRC policy and governance oversight, with NRC commissioners Kristine Svinicki, William... Read More

Many of the claims that natural-gas drilling has led to health problems and reduces air quality are based on inaccurate and misleading science, The Associated Press reported Sunday. A group of researchers told the wire service that studies pinning rises in breast cancer rates to... Read More