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Activist shareholder Carl Icahn, famous for shaking up management teams at what he considers undervalued companies, now holds about 5.8% of Chesapeake Energy Corp., according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Activist shareholder Carl Icahn, famous for shaking up management teams at what he considers undervalued companies, now holds about 5.8% of Chesapeake Energy Corp., according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A natural political, economic and technological ally for the burgeoning solar industry is natural gas, according to environmental activist/attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who made that pitch during a keynote address last Wednesday to the Solar Power International 2009 conference in Anaheim, CA.

A natural political, economic and technological ally for the burgeoning solar industry is natural gas, according to environmental activist/attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who made that pitch during a keynote address Wednesday to the Solar Power International 2009 conference in Anaheim, CA.

The U.S. Attorney Office in Utah is continuing its criminal investigation of a 27-year-old University of Utah economics student and a self-styled environmental activist who caused chaos at a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auction of oil and natural gas leases in mid-December. “It would be premature” at this time to say what charges will be brought against Tim DeChristoper, said U.S. Attorney spokeswoman Melodie Rydalch.

Well-known shareholder activist Carl Icahn, who has made a run on energy companies to improve their performance — and their stock prices — purchased about 3.1 million shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., a stake worth an estimated $133.4 million on March 31, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Investor Carl Icahn, a well-known “shareholder activist,” has purchased about 3.1 million shares in Anadarko Petroleum Corp., a stake worth an estimated $133.4 million on March 31, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The United States needs an integrated, aggressive, activist, long-term energy policy and the country needs it now, according to Mitch Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The nation needs it “although there still seems to be some people who do not have their eye on that ball, or even those who are taking an obstruction approach,” he said.

The United States needs an integrated, aggressive, activist, long-term energy policy and the country needs it now, according to Mitch Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The nation needs it “although there still seems to be some people who do not have their eye on that ball, or even those who are taking an obstruction approach,” he said.