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Kinder Morgan Inc.’s (KMI) analyst day Wednesday drew the largest crowd CEO Rich Kinder said he’s ever seen at the event. Perhaps it was because of “some little acquisition we’ve been working on” (El Paso Corp.), he suggested. Even with lawyers keeping executives mostly mum on that item, shale gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) made for plenty to talk about.

In a crowd packed with opponents, a coalition of prospective end-users of compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicular use has expressed support for Spectra Energy’s proposed expansion of its Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) and Algonquin Gas Transmission systems to serve the New Jersey and New York gas markets.

The number of parties challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) December endangerment finding has grown into quite a crowd that includes three states and a number of industry groups.

The number of parties challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) December endangerment finding has grown into quite a crowd that includes three states and a number of industry groups.

Far be it for ExxonMobil Corp. to follow the crowd. Congress is well into the debate on how to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through cap-and-trade schemes, but the CEO of the world’s largest public company thinks policymakers should reverse course and instead debate the benefits of a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

Far be it for ExxonMobil Corp. to follow the crowd. Congress is well into the debate on how to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through cap-and-trade schemes, but the CEO of the world’s largest public company thinks policymakers should reverse course and instead debate the benefits of a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

A crowd of about 2,000, mostly landowners, gathered in Bainbridge, NY, recently to urge state and federal policymakers to allow the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) techniques to develop natural gas in the state’s Marcellus and Ithaca shale formations.

A crowd of about 2,000, mostly landowners, gathered in Bainbridge, NY, Sunday to urge state and federal policymakers to allow the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) techniques to develop natural gas in the state’s Marcellus and Ithaca shale formations.

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, whose policies have been blamed for driving some producers out of the state, on Thursday told an industry crowd that the natural gas industry was “vital” to the state’s future. “Just so there’s no mistake, let me say this very clear: It is a permanent part of the new energy economy. It’s not a bridge fuel. It’s not a transition fuel. It is a mission-critical fuel for us to get to where we need to get to in meeting increasing energy demands and decreasing emissions at the same time.”