The market for natural gas-fueled buses is gaining momentum, according to Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL), a Scottish firm that hopes to dominate the sector worldwide. It is touting orders in November for more than 1,000 buses worth $352 million, more than half going to Hong Kong.
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House Lawmaker Plans Post-Election Climate Change Bill
In what may be his swan song from Congress, retiring Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) Wednesday said he plans to introduce climate change legislation when Congress returns after the elections.
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Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has named Dennis Arriola as president and COO to fill the vacancy created when Anne Shen-Smith was named chair and CEO. SoCalGas Chairman and CEO Michael Allman resigned in June. Arriola returns after spending 14 years at the company and at Sempra; most recently he was CFO of San Jose, CA-based SunPower Corp. Between 1994-2008 Arriola had a variety of leadership positions at SoCalGas and related companies, the last as CFO of SoCalGas and Sempra’s San Diego Gas and Electric Co. Arriola has an MBA from Harvard and an undergraduate degree in economics from Stanford.
Pennsylvania Continues Push for Marcellus Ethane Cracker
Members of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s cabinet were joined by supporters from the state’s general assembly and local and regional officials Thursday at the Community College of Beaver County in Monaca, PA, to lobby for construction of a petrochemical complex, including an ethane cracker, in the southwestern Pennsylvania borough.
FL Lawmakers Vow to Oppose Spending Bill if OCS Proposal Stays
Twenty members of the House Florida delegation have written a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) threatening to vote against a fiscal year 2007 Interior Department spending bill if a controversial proposal repealing the congressional ban on natural gas drilling on much of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is not removed from the measure.
Pombo Coalition Introduces Endangered Species Reform Bill
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.
House Speaker Wants Gas Task Force Recommendations Inserted in Energy Bill
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has called on the task force on natural gas to complete its final report by Sept. 30 so that the findings and recommendations can be considered by conferees as part of the broad national energy bill now being negotiated on Capitol Hill.
House Speaker Wants Gas Task Force Recommendations Inserted in Energy Bill
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has called on the task force on natural gas to complete its final report by Sept. 30 so that the findings and recommendations can be considered by conferees as part of the broad national energy bill now being negotiated on Capitol Hill.
House Speaker Creates Task Force to Tackle ‘Looming’ Gas Supply Deficit
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) announced last Thursday the creation of a task force that would recommend short-term solutions to head off a potential natural gas supply deficit later in the year.
House Speaker to Create Task Force to Tackle ‘Looming’ Gas Supply Deficit
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) is expected to announce Thursday the creation of a House task force that would recommend ways to head off a potentially dangerous shortfall in natural gas supplies later in the year.