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Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) last Thursday called on Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to halt oil and natural gas lease sales of wilderness-quality land in Utah, as well as put a hold on any new drilling on lands that are already leased but not producing.

Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) Thursday called on Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to halt oil and natural gas lease sales of wilderness-quality land in Utah, as well as put a hold on any new drilling on lands that are already leased but not producing.

The governor of Louisiana has called a halt to AGL Resources’ plans to expand its Jefferson Island salt dome storage facility under Lake Peigneur near the Henry Hub in Louisiana, saying the company’s mineral lease is no longer valid. Gov. Kathleen Blanco took the action last Monday following growing local protests that creating the new caverns could contaminate the lake.

The governor of Louisiana has called a halt to AGL Resources’ plans to expand its Jefferson Island salt dome storage facility under Lake Peigneur near the Henry Hub in Louisiana, saying the company’s mineral lease is no longer valid. Gov. Kathleen Blanco took the action Monday following growing local protests that creating the new caverns could contaminate the lake.

Key Senate Democrats have introduced legislation that seeks to halt billions of dollars of royalty incentives for crude oil and natural gas development on federal lands.

Trading at the Opal Hub in western Wyoming was brought to a screeching halt during the week after Williams Field Services data systems were shut down due to a flood at Williams’ Tulsa headquarters building. Williams said Friday that essential commercial operations continue despite the flooding and power outages earlier in the week.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last Tuesday issued an emergency injunction to halt the development of coal-bed methane (CBM) in the Montana section of the Powder River Basin while an appeal of the case is pending.

A new legal arrow has been fired at the limping Mackenzie Gas Project. An Alberta aboriginal community launched a lawsuit calling for a halt to the environmental review of the C$7 billion (US$5.6 billion) arctic production and pipeline plan.

A new legal arrow has been fired at the limping Mackenzie Gas Project. An Alberta aboriginal community launched a lawsuit calling for a halt to the environmental review of the C$7 billion (US$5.6 billion) arctic production and pipeline plan.