Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett defended the decision to enact an impact fee, rather than a severance tax, on oil and gas drilling, and he said there was nothing new to report on a proposed ethane cracker in the western part of the state.
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EPA Defends Itself Against Industry Methane Emissions Report
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has defended itself against claims made in an industry report that it has overestimated methane emissions from natural gas well activities by more than 50%.
June 6, 2012
Chesapeake Defends Itself Against Rolling Stone Portrayal
Chesapeake Energy Corp. last week defended itself against an article in an upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine that the producer is claiming contains several inaccuracies.
March 12, 2012
Rolling Stone Portrayal Contains ‘Same Old Debunked Theories,’ Chesapeake Says
Chesapeake Energy Corp. defended itself against a story in an upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine that the producer is claiming contains several inaccuracies.
March 7, 2012
Chesapeake Defends Itself Against Rolling Stone Portrayal
Chesapeake Energy Corp. defended itself against a story in an upcoming issue of Rolling Stone magazine that the producer is claiming contains several inaccuracies.
March 7, 2012
PG&E Seeks Cooperative Pipe Safety Plan
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s (PG&E) four-year, $2.2 billion plan to boost the safety and maintenance of its natural gas pipeline system is being more aggressively defended by executives, who have called for California regulators and major gas utility pipeline operators to work more cooperatively to implement a comprehensive upgrade to the intrastate gas pipeline network.
March 5, 2012
PG&E Defends Pipe Plan, Seeks Cooperative Safety Effort
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s (PG&E) four-year, $2.2 billion plan to boost the safety and maintenance of its natural gas pipeline system is being more aggressively defended by executives, who called Tuesday for California regulators and major gas utility pipeline operators to work more cooperatively to implement a comprehensive upgrade to the intrastate gas pipeline network.
March 1, 2012
Producers Urge Congress to Retain Oil, Gas Tax Breaks
Major producers Thursday defended themselves against Senate Democrats’ claims that they don’t need the billions of dollars of federal tax breaks that they currently receive (see Daily GPI, May 12; May 4).
May 13, 2011
GOP Takes First Step Toward Delay of Dodd-Frank
The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC ) last Wednesday defended the agency against Republican claims that it has moved too quickly to implement regulatory reforms under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act and hasn’t accurately estimated the costs of the proposed rules, as well as deflected GOP questions about its hiring and technology decisions. At the same time a House committee passed a bill to delay implementation of Dodd-Frank for 18 months.
May 9, 2011
CFTC Will Be Armed With ‘Pea Shooter’ Compared to Wall Street
The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC ) Wednesday defended the agency against Republican claims that it has moved too quickly to implement regulatory reforms under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act and hasn’t accurately figured out the costs of the proposed rules, as well as deflected GOP questions about its hiring and technology decisions.
May 5, 2011
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