Controversial

Weaver’s Cove Energy’s fall-back proposal to site a controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the middle of Mount Hope Bay off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts and transport the LNG onshore by pipeline may be doable without interfering with other commercial and recreational vessels, according to a report from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Weaver’s Cove Energy’s fall-back proposal to site a controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the middle of Mount Hope Bay off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts and transport the LNG onshore may be doable without interfering with other commercial and recreational vessels, according to a report from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) supervisors exerted no pressure on staff to complete resource management plans (RMP) and did not violate any federal laws before conducting the controversial December 2008 natural gas and oil lease sale in Utah, the Interior Department’s inspector general (IG) said in a report.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) supervisors exerted no pressure on staff to complete resource management plans (RMP) and did not violate any federal laws before conducting the controversial December 2008 natural gas and oil lease sale in Utah, the Interior Department’s inspector general (IG) said in a report.

The controversial provision in the financial regulatory reform legislation that requires major banks to spin off their swap desks appears to be intact (see Daily GPI, June 16), although pressure is mounting to strip the provision from the bill.

The controversial provision in the financial regulatory reform legislation that requires major banks to spin off their swap desks appeared to be intact at the end of last week, although pressure was mounting to strip the provision from the bill.

Oil and natural gas producers dodged a bullet last Wednesday when Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) agreed to withdraw a controversial amendment that would have required service companies to publicly disclose the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing), a technique used to stimulate production of natural gas from wells drilled in shale gas plays.

Oil and natural gas producers dodged a bullet Wednesday when Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) agreed to withdraw a controversial amendment that would have required service companies to publicly disclose the fluids used in hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing), a technique used to stimulate production of natural gas from wells drilled in shale gas plays.

The Senate last Wednesday fought back Republican efforts to replace a controversial provision that would force large banks and financial institutions to spin off their lucrative derivatives business. However the Democratic provision still remains on shaky ground, given the mounting opposition to it from a number of quarters. It may soon be purged from the broad bill overhauling the financial regulatory system (S., 3217).