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As the California legislature returned from its month-long recess Monday, the backers of a bill (AB 591) to mandate chemical disclosures on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid held a press conference at the state Capitol in Sacramento, releasing the signatures of “roughly 50,000” voters supporting the measure.

Expressing concern that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s proposed rule on affiliate bidding could block bids that are entirely appropriate, the American Gas Association (AGA) urged the agency to revise the proposal to specifically target collusive behavior by affiliates during an open season that relies on pro rata allocation.

Expressing concern that FERC’s proposed rule on affiliate bidding could block bids that are entirely appropriate, major pipeline shippers — producers and utilities — urged the agency to revise its proposal to specifically target collusive behavior by affiliates during an open season that relies on pro rata allocation.

A handful of producers have taken the initial steps to upload their data on fluids used in hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) to www.hydraulicfracturingdisclosure.org — a state-based registry run by the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), a GWPC official said.

Expressing confidence that his energy projects ultimately will win, a lead manager for Oregon’s proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and a related 234-mile natural gas transmission pipeline to interconnect with the regional gas grid told NGI that an ongoing state-federal fight in a district court in Eugene, OR, likely will not be resolved until mid-2011. In the meantime there are other permits that Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline will be pursuing that won’t be finished until the same time next year.

Twenty governors and nearly 100 trade organizations, including several energy groups, have written letters to Senate and House leaders expressing their concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) attempt to use its Clean Air Act (CAA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are contributing to global warming.

Twenty governors and nearly 100 trade organizations, including several energy groups, have written letters to Senate and House leaders expressing their concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) attempt to use its Clean Air Act (CAA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are contributing to global warming.

A group of industrial natural gas consumers fired off a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last Wednesday expressing their concern that the agency may restrict or possibly prevent the use of “categorical exclusions” to fast-track oil and gas activity on public lands.

A group of industrial natural gas consumers fired off a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday expressing their concern that the agency may restrict or possibly prevent the use of “categorical exclusions” to fast-track oil and gas activity on public lands.