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Ahead of a midnight deadline Friday to comment on the Delaware River Basin Commission’s (DRBC) draft water quality amendments, those for and against the proposed changes attempted to make their voices heard by delivering thousands of responses to the commissioners.

Continuing to lobby the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to adopt a practical definition of manipulative market behavior as: “intentionally losing money on transactions that set (or make) a price to benefit the value of related positions that tie to (or take) that price,” economists at The Brattle Group last week released a report offering a proposed framework to define market manipulation.

Continuing to lobby the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to adopt a practical definition of manipulative market behavior as: “intentionally losing money on transactions that set (or make) a price to benefit the value of related positions that tie to (or take) that price,” economists at The Brattle Group released a report titled Losing Money to Increase Profits: A Proposed Framework for Defining Market Manipulation.

Dallas-based EXCO Resources Inc. on Thursday credited drilling success in the Haynesville Shale for “a significant increase” in proved reserves. The company also said it is shopping for offers that would compete with a buyout proposal it received from its CEO late last year.

A natural gas producer group and a corn growers association have called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to adopt a two-step approach for identifying which entities should fall under the category of swap dealer.

A natural gas producer group and a corn growers association have called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to adopt a two-step approach for identifying which entities should fall under the category of swap dealer.

For the second time in less than a month the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has delayed release of proposed regulations that may dictate how portions of the Marcellus Shale are developed. The proposed rules now aren’t expected until November or December.

A proposal adopt an ordinance to temporarily suspend natural gas drilling permits in Flower Mound, TX, which is in the Barnett Shale region, was denied Thursday night by the town council in a 3-2 vote.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to adopt rules setting standards for reducing toxic air pollution, primarily from mercury, from the nation’s coal- and oil-burning power plants by November 2011, according to a court settlement reached between the agency and a coalition of environmental groups, the groups said.