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The Senate Finance Committee Thursday unveiled an $85 billion draft jobs package that calls for the extension of a number of energy tax breaks that expired at the end of 2009.

The Obama administration Tuesday sent to Congress legislative language that calls for comprehensive regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets and dealers for the first time.

The House Friday voted out a spending bill that calls on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to examine the risks of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) to the nation’s drinking water.

The House Friday voted out a spending bill that calls on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to examine the risks of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) to the nation’s drinking water.

The House Appropriations Committee last Thursday voted out a $32.3 billion spending bill that calls on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review the risks that hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) pose to the nation’s drinking water.

The House Appropriations Committee Thursday voted out a $32.3 billion spending bill that calls on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review the risks that hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) pose to the nation’s drinking water.

A cornerstone of the much-promoted plan by oil and gas billionaire T. Boone Pickens to relieve American dependence on foreign oil and combat climate change calls for natural gas to be widely used as a transportation fuel, particularly by the long-haul trucking industry. However, cost, infrastructure and logistics challenges make such a goal highly problematic, according to trade group American Trucking Associations (ATA).

A cornerstone of the much-promoted plan by oil and gas billionaire T. Boone Pickens to relieve American dependence on foreign oil and combat climate change calls for natural gas to be widely used as a transportation fuel, particularly by the long-haul trucking industry. However, cost, infrastructure and logistics challenges make such a goal highly problematic, according to trade group American Trucking Associations (ATA).

Energy professionals may be holding on to the more traditional ways of collaborating with employees through face-to-face meetings, e-mail and conference calls, but a growing number think that some of the Internet’s social media and networking sites could improve the workplace, a survey has found.