Academic

Natural gas and oil drilling in Ohio could create 65,000 jobs and add nearly $5 billion to state coffers by 2014, according to an academic study.

The Venango Campus of Clarion University in Oil City, PA, is offering a new degree program to prepare students for careers in the Marcellus Shale and other areas of the natural gas industry.

Climate change, also known as global warming, poses significant challenges for the energy industry, according to a U.S. Department of Energy report out last Thursday. Everything from oil and gas exploration to all varieties of power generation to energy trading and risk management could see a shakeup as temperatures rise around the globe.

The Long Island Association (LIA), whose membership includes more than 5,000 New York businesses, labor unions, academic institutions and nonprofits, has thrown its conditional support behind the controversial deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed for Long Island Sound by Broadwater Energy LLC.

The Long Island Association (LIA), whose membership includes more than 5,000 New York businesses, labor unions, academic institutions and nonprofits, has thrown its conditional support behind the controversial deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed for Long Island Sound by Broadwater Energy LLC.

Citing a new report that it commissioned, the New England Council, which represents businesses, academic institutions and health organizations throughout New England, issued a warning on Wednesday that the region could face severe economic consequences without rapid construction of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals.