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At his confirmation hearing Tuesday, Department of Energy (DOE) secretary-designate Ernest J. Moniz committed to review the department’s study of natural gas exports, which relied on what some have said is outdated information which failed to examine the regional impacts of exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary-designate Ernest J. Moniz fielded questions about his position on hydraulic fracturing (fracking), natural gas exports and climate change during his confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants Pennsylvania to immediately test its water supplies for radioactivity.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Thursday directed the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to administratively designate appropriate areas with wilderness characteristics under its jurisdiction as “wild lands” and to manage them to protect their wilderness values.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council Tuesday adopted an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANOPR) seeking to designate financial market utilities (FMU), including certain clearinghouses, as systemically important.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council last Tuesday adopted an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANOPR) seeking to designate financial market utilities (FMU), including certain clearinghouses, as systemically important.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) last Tuesday cautioned the federal government against retracting its promise not to designate the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Tuesday cautioned the federal government against retracting its promise not to designate the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness.

Four federal agencies Wednesday issued a final programmatic environmental impact statement (final PEIS) proposing to designate more than 6,000 miles of energy transport corridors on federal lands in 11 western states.