Coalition

A bipartisan coalition of 115 lawmakers led by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) has sent a letter to a House appropriations subcommittee urging it to once again include the congressional moratorium on drilling in much of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the fiscal 2007 spending bill for the Interior Department and related agencies.

A bipartisan coalition led by Resources Committee Chairman Richard W. Pombo (R-CA), Reps. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Greg Walden (R-OR) and George Radanovich (R-CA) announced the introduction of legislation to reform the 32-year old endangered species law which critics claim has failed to actually protect endangered species while imposing burdensome regulations on land use.

A coalition of 15 states and the city of New York on Wednesday sued the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for what they said were violations of Congressionally enacted mandates to adopt stronger energy saving standards for 22 common appliances that use large amounts of electricity, natural gas and oil.

With a mission to fend off the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in California, a coalition of environmental groups, “Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy (RACE),” challenged a nearly year-old natural gas procurement decision by state regulators in a California appeals court Wednesday. RACE is asking that the court overturn the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) decision last year authorizing the state’s major utilities to sign long-term LNG supply contracts.

Greenburg, PA-based Allegheny Energy Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement with a coalition of interested parties regarding an increase in natural gas base rates, clearing the way for the sale of its West Virginia gas business.

A coalition of 23 environmental groups last Monday called on Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to veto a bill that advocates opening for the first time the state’s coastal waters to natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities.

A coalition of 23 environmental groups on Monday called on Virginia Gov. Mark Warner to veto a bill that advocates opening for the first time the state’s coastal waters to natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities.

A coalition of 18 congressional members are siding with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in its challenge to FERC’s claim of “exclusive jurisdiction” over Sound Energy Solution’s planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for the Port of Long Beach, CA.

A coalition of 18 congressional members are siding with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in its challenge to FERC’s claim of “exclusive jurisdiction” over Sound Energy Solution’s planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for the Port of Long Beach, CA.