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Two producer groups have protested the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final new source performance standards, which are aimed at restricting volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and sulfur dioxide emissions from onshore natural gas operations, including hydraulically fractured (fracked) wells.

The Interior Department has established a national committee to guide and oversee U.S. implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a voluntary global initiative aimed at increasing accountability and transparency in the oil, natural gas and mining industries.

President Obama Friday called on the Senate to pass comprehensive legislation aimed at protecting critical national infrastructure, including energy facilities, from cyber attacks prior to leaving for its August recess.

As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s recent distribution of $30 million aimed at advancing the natural gas vehicles (NGV), two separate projects are examining breakthroughs in fueling to make the vehicle operator more independent of public refueling stations.

President Obama Friday called on the Senate to pass comprehensive legislation aimed at protecting critical national infrastructure, including energy facilities, from cyber attacks.

California Gov. Jerry Brown last Friday signed a bill (AB 1694) into law that is aimed at improving safety of the historically lightly regulated natural gas and propane distribution piping systems at mobile home parks in the state.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Thursday unveiled a draft secretarial order aimed at ending the long-standing conflict between the oil and natural gas industry and potash companies within the Secretary’s Potash Area (SPA) in Southeast New Mexico.

Legislation aimed at consolidating and advancing efforts to develop an in-state natural gas pipeline to commercialize North Slope reserves and get much-needed gas to Alaskans in the central and southern part of the state has been approved by the state’s House of Representatives, but it was put on a back burner when it reached the Senate.

Legislation aimed at consolidating and advancing efforts to develop an in-state natural gas pipeline to commercialize North Slope reserves and get much-needed gas to Alaskans in the central and southern part of the state has been approved by the state’s House of Representatives, but it was put on a back burner when it reached the Senate.