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New York Gov. David Paterson’s proposed plans to lay off hundreds of state employees could be scuttled at the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)if permitting fees from new Marcellus Shale wells were dedicated to staffing, the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York (IOGA) said Monday.

Hundreds of Houston-area natural gas and oil employees — most bussed in by their bosses — rallied last Wednesday during their lunch hours to protest the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) moratorium and to shout down possible new taxes on the industry.

Hundreds of Houston-area natural gas and oil employees — most bussed in by their bosses — rallied on Wednesday during their lunch hours to protest the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) moratorium and to shout down possible new taxes on the industry.

Possible sales of hundreds of millions of dollars in assets by the nation’s largest municipal utility to help avoid large rate increases are still being considered, according to Austin Beutner, the acting head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). An upcoming integrated resource plan is expected to show more detailed plans.

Though Bill remains hundreds of miles from the East Coast, it is now an “extremely dangerous” Category Four hurricane and could give the coast of New England a glancing blow by Sunday, the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Wednesday.

A trio of named storms, the first of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, formed over the weekend, with one still hundreds of miles from North America becoming the first hurricane of the year and another tropical storm potentially threatening the Gulf of Mexico.

Comprehensive energy efficiency programs have the potential to slash Wisconsin’s energy use, cut hundreds of millions of dollars annually in energy costs and create thousands of jobs as early as 2012, according to a study commissioned by the state Public Service Commission (PSC). According to the Energy Center of Wisconsin study, there could be $900 million in net energy cost savings for each year of efficiency investments.

Comprehensive energy efficiency programs have the potential to slash Wisconsin’s energy use, cut hundreds of millions of dollars annually in energy costs and create thousands of jobs as early as 2012, according to a study commissioned by the state Public Service Commission (PSC). According to the study by the Energy Center of Wisconsin, there could be $900 million in net energy cost savings for each year of efficiency investments.

ExxonMobil Production Co. has mobilized an upgraded drilling rig for the Point Thomson Project on the North Slope of Alaska that can be used in the deep reservoirs using extended-reach drilling technology, it said. The company also confirmed that despite setbacks in 2008, first production from the play is still on track to begin by year-end 2014.