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The Heinz Endowment is looking for another university or entity to host and develop its Marcellus Shale research programs after an apparent falling out with the University of Pittsburgh.

Domestic natural gas — particularly that from shales — is the fix for a host of problems, including the need for national energy security and measures to address pollution, as well as volatile energy prices, a task force formed last year said in a report released last week.

Domestic natural gas — particularly that from shales — is the fix for a host of problems, including the need for national energy security and measures to address pollution, as well as volatile energy prices, a task force formed last year said in a report released Monday.

Radio talk show host Ron Morris has begun broadcasting a 12-part series on the Marcellus Shale on a Pittsburgh radio station, WMNY 1360, aimed at getting the facts about shale development.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will host a three-day energy conference in Richmond next month that he said will cover every aspect of doing energy business in the state, which he has promoted as becoming “the energy capital of the East coast.”

The American Gas Association (AGA) partnered with the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) to host an “Outlook for the Natural Gas Industry” luncheon on Wednesday in an effort to extol the long-term virtues of natural gas, and to reveal the AGA’s agenda for the year. But if the questions asked by the attendees are any indication, then the investment community as a whole is quite concerned that the massive U.S. federal budget deficit may have dire taxation impacts on the U.S. energy industry.

The American Gas Association (AGA) partnered with the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) to host an “Outlook for the Natural Gas Industry” luncheon on Wednesday in an effort to extol the long-term virtues of natural gas, and to reveal the AGA’s agenda for the year. But if the questions asked by the attendees are any indication, then the investment community as a whole is quite concerned that the massive U.S. federal budget deficit may have dire taxation impacts on the U.S. energy industry.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. — and a host of other producers — scored a major victory last week after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a government challenge to lower court decisions that have blocked the Department of Interior (DOI) from collecting billions in deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) natural gas and oil royalties.

Rich Kinder, who helms one of the largest pipeline transportation and energy storage companies in North America, agrees with a host of energy pundits that North America’s extraordinary shale discoveries have pressured U.S. gas prices and contributed to near-capacity storage levels. However, to the savvy business leader, the new shale supplies are “sort of like nirvana.”