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Negotiations at the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change, which ended in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Saturday, produced a nonbinding agreement that could cost the United States and other developed countries $100 billion in coming years but, according to some critics, will do little to affect global climate change.

When they return in January, top House and Senate Republicans said they will seek action on “disapproval resolutions” that are aimed at blocking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

Clearing a three-and-a-half-year hurdle that has been blocking the company from expanding its natural gas storage capacity below the surface of Lake Peigneur in Iberia Parish, LA, AGL Resources subsidiary Jefferson Island Storage & Hub LLC (JISH) said last week that the Louisiana Mineral and Energy Board has approved by a 8-0 vote an operating agreement between JISH and the state of Louisiana.

Clearing a three-and-a-half-year hurdle that has been blocking the company from expanding its natural gas storage capacity below the surface of Lake Peigneur in Iberia Parish, LA, AGL Resources subsidiary Jefferson Island Storage & Hub LLC (JISH) said Wednesday the Louisiana Mineral and Energy Board approved by a 8-0 vote an operating agreement between JISH and the state of Louisiana.

Iroquois Gas Transmission System LP has asked a federal court in Connecticut to issue an order blocking the Town of Brookfield, CT, and two agencies from delaying the pipeline’s construction of its portion of the reconfigured Millennium Pipeline project.

Iroquois Gas Transmission System LP has asked a federal court in Connecticut to issue an order blocking the Town of Brookfield, CT, and two agencies from delaying the pipeline’s construction of its portion of the reconfigured Millennium Pipeline project.

The Bush administration is petitioning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review a federal judge’s decision in June that blocked oil and natural gas exploration off the coast of California until the state’s Coastal Commission could assess the environmental impact of future drilling activity.

The Bush administration has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review a federal judge’s decision in June that blocked oil and natural gas exploration off the coast of California until the state’s Coastal Commission could assess the environmental impact of future drilling activity.

Almost overwhelming obstacles are blocking competition and change in Mexico’s natural gas and electricity sectors and are going to take time and private investment to overcome, according to one of the country’s energy commissioners.