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The Energy Department is loaning Marathon Petroleum Co., a refining company, one million barrels of crude oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve after Hurricane Isaac forced the suspension of Gulf of Mexico oil production. “Today’s announcement is part of the broader... Read More

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wants two federal agencies to explain how they will address lingering oil contamination from the 2010 explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. Markey told the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and... Read More

House Republicans aren’t ready to lavish praise on the Obama administration despite approval of the launch of Shell’s long-planned Arctic oil exploration off Alaska’s northern coast. The Interior Department said Thursday that it’s allowing Shell to proceed with initial drilling... Read More

A new KPMG analysis released this week – entitled “Watered-Down: Minimizing Water Risks in Shale Gas and Oil Drilling” – highlights the commonsense practices and technologies related to natural gas development from the Marcellus Shale aimed at ensuring water quality and the... Read More

The Wall Street Journal reports on signs that Hurricane Isaac did little damage to refineries and offshore oil-and-gas platforms in its path. “Analysts with Tudor, Pickering, Holt Co. said energy markets aren’t expecting ‘lasting disruptions’ but they are ‘looking for... Read More

Mitt Romney’s speech accepting the GOP nomination will mock President Obama’s claim that 2008 would mark a turning point in the battle against climate change. “President Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet. My promise … is to help you and... Read More

The Energy Department’s (DOE) internal watchdog has not found evidence to back claims of “improprieties” in DOE’s review of conflicts of interest among law firms retained to help vet green energy loan applications. “We did not substantiate the specific allegations that were the... Read More

With comprehensive energy efficiency legislation cooling on the congressional back burner, President Obama issued an executive order Thursday to spur energy efficiency upgrades at manufacturing facilities. The administration said reaching the goals outlined in the order will... Read More

Texas Rep. Bill Flores says momentum for a bipartisan agreement on energy policy will depend on gasoline prices.  Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) said on Thursday it remains politically possible for Congress to strike a deal on energy legislation even if President Obama gets... Read More

The America Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said Thursday that higher gas mileage requirements for cars enacted this week by the Obama administration will make less fuel tax money available to pay for construction projects. The Washington, D.C.-based ARBTA... Read More