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Claiming that it will harm its economy and set a bad national policy, Utah filed a lawsuit in federal court at the end of April seeking to block an order by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that created a “wild lands” designation on public lands. Salazar’s order (3310) was issued in late December.

Claiming that it will harm its economy and set a bad national policy, Utah filed a lawsuit in federal court at the end of April seeking to block an order by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that created a “wild lands” designation on public lands. Salazar’s order (3310) was issued in late December.

Elected officials at all levels of government in Pennsylvania should implement regulations to block gas extraction in “pristine places and locations near where people live or work,” said the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center. The group said it has documented well sites within two miles of more than 320 daycare facilities, 67 schools and nine hospitals in the state. PennEnvironment also called on lawmakers to strengthen clean water laws, “halt the use of toxic chemicals” in hydraulic fracturing and increase resources available to regulators. In addition, PennEnvironment called on the federal government to “end the special treatment for the gas industry and apply the nation’s core public health and environmental laws to gas extraction, just as it would regulate any potential threat to public health or the environment.”

Approval of Noble Energy Inc.’s plans to move forward with a bypass well in the Santiago prospect in Mississippi Canyon Block 519 was a good first step, but the Interior Department needs to grease the wheels of the permitting system for drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Capitol Hill lawmakers said last week.

Approval of Noble Energy’s plans to move forward with a bypass well in the Santiago prospect in Mississippi Canyon Block 519 was a good first step, but the Interior Department needs to grease the wheels of the permitting system for drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources told Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday.

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) Monday introduced broad legislation that seeks to block the Obama administration’s regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources without specific authorization from Congress.

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last Tuesday called on U.S. policymakers to increase producer access to the offshore, block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act and to rein in the regulatory tsunami.

The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tuesday called for U.S. policymakers to increase producer access to the offshore, block the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) efforts to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act and to rein in the regulatory tsunami.

Nearly a week after a bill that would temporarily block hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Empire State landed on his desk, New York Gov. David Paterson has not decided if he will sign or veto the legislation.