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Due to a possible leak, ANR said Thursday it would begin unplanned pipeline inspection on the 708 Line in the Southeast Area Fuel Segment, causing the Cheniere Perdue location to be shut in until further notice.

A growing reliance on wind power in the Colorado energy market has had the unintended consequence of causing baseload coal-fired generators there to cycle up and down to accommodate the wind resource’s intermittent nature. This has led to an increase in emissions, a recent study has found.

A growing reliance on wind power in the Colorado energy market has had the unintended consequence of causing baseload coal-fired generators there to cycle up and down to accommodate the wind resource’s intermittent nature. This has led to an increase in emissions, a recent study has found.

A growing reliance on wind power in the Colorado energy market has had the unintended consequence of causing baseload coal-fired generators there to cycle up and down to accommodate the wind resource’s intermittent nature. This has led to an increase in emissions, a recent study has found.

Portable seismic stations are being set up in two North Texas counties to determine whether natural gas drilling may be causing some minor tremors in the heart of the Barnett Shale natural gas field.

Portable seismic stations are being set up in two North Texas counties to determine whether natural gas drilling may be causing some minor tremors in the heart of the Barnett Shale natural gas field.

Southwest Gas said pipe maintenance being performed near its interconnect with Transwestern and El Paso is not progressing as quickly as anticipated, causing the maintenance schedule to be extended. It is anticipated that the pipeline will return to service on Thursday this week instead of Tuesday (April 14) as previously indicated, Southwest said. Deliveries into Las Vegas from El Paso and Transwestern are not available while the work continues, the LDC added.

With the second hurricane in as many weeks heading toward the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) production area and causing some operators to have second thoughts about continuing to repopulate their offshore facilities, prices were up at all but two points Monday. The cash market also had support from the previous Friday’s advance of 12.7 cents by October futures and the return of industrial load from its typical weekend decline.

U.S. mayors took a stand against global warming-causing pollution at a conference in Miami this week, noting that fuels derived from tar sands, liquid coal and oil shale emit “even greater amounts of global warming pollution than conventional petroleum sources.”