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There is evidence that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) can affect aquifers and water supplies, according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson, but she is “not aware of any proven case where the fracking process itself has affected water.”

Bad information in the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) recordkeeping system for the segment of natural gas transmission pipeline that ruptured in San Bruno, CA, last September did not affect the utility’s risk management analysis or assessment methodology for the flawed segment (180) on PG&E Line 132, the utility concluded in a report filed Monday with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

Mainstream media coverage of natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale has turned negative, according to a recent study conducted by a Pennsylvania-based public relations firm in conjunction with a Marcellus online discussion forum.

A series of bills that would affect the regulation of natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) operations in Arkansas failed to clear a hurdle in the state’s House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Thursday and appeared unlikely to move to the full House during the current legislative session.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft plan to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may affect an estimated 13,000 large industrial sources, but the impact to small businesses should be limited, energy analysts said last week.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft plan to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may affect an estimated 13,000 large industrial sources, but the impact to small businesses should be limited, energy analysts said this week.

Stepped-up regulation at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) wouldn’t adversely affect Sempra Energy’s joint energy trading venture, company executives said Friday. “It’s probably going to be fine for us,” CFO Mark Snell said during a quarterly earnings conference call.

A recent downgrade of Wachovia Bank NA won’t affect the rating and outlook on a Northern California city’s prepaid natural gas supply deal that is similar to other long-term supply arrangements that public-sector electric utilities in the state have signed in the past two years. Roseville Natural Gas Financing Authority keeps its “A” rating and stable outlook on $209.4 million in 2007A bonds, according to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P).

Forecasts predicting the number and intensity of hurricanes predicted to affect the United States abound every year, but a Shell Exploration and Production (E&P) executive said last week that a long-term forecast “bluntly, has nothing to do with our preparations.”