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An action plan to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay and the Susquehanna River watershed, including some activities that focus on the impact of drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, is under way by federal officials.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) told a field hearing audience in Pittsburgh last week that he plans to introduce legislation intended to improve emergency response services at oil and gas wells.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) told a field hearing audience in Pittsburgh Monday that he plans to introduce legislation intended to improve emergency response services at oil and gas wells.

North American natural gas prices are unlikely to improve significantly before the end of 2011, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report Tuesday.

BP plc, which has been nudging up its natural gas position in North America’s shales in the past few years, sees its best opportunities in the next decade coming from new technology and a new company culture, CEO Tony Hayward said Tuesday.

BP plc, which has been nudging up its natural gas position in North America’s shales in the past few years, sees its best opportunities in the next decade coming from new technology and a new company culture, CEO Tony Hayward said Tuesday.

A pair of bills that would help to jump start the economy and employment, improve national security and promote one of the nation’s most important and plentiful resources — natural gas — are “ready for action” when Congress reconvenes this week, according to independent oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens.

A pair of bills that would help to jump start the economy and employment, improve national security and promote one of the nation’s most important and plentiful resources — natural gas — are “ready for action” when Congress reconvenes next week, according to independent oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens.

Maryland could reap economic and environmental benefits from helping its citizens improve home heating efficiency while reducing their consumption of natural gas, a University of Maryland study commissioned by the state’s Department of the Environment has found.