Intention

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson has announced her intention to resign after President Obama’s State of the Union speech, bringing to an end a sometimes tumultuous four-year tenure.

Citing its plans for expanding its reach from Canada and the Bakken to the U.S. East Coast, Enbridge Inc. reaffirmed its intention to use pipeline-to-rail strategies for expanding to the Philadelphia and other mid-Atlantic eastern markets during a conference call to unveil its latest financial and capital expansion plans to analysts and the news media.

Officials with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Thursday fired off a letter to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about its intention to regulate hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

Less than three months ago, Norse Energy Corp. ASA was the first company in line seeking permission to drill unconventional gas wells in New York’s portion of the Marcellus and Utica shales.

Thousands of landowners in New York state, who have received notice that their leases with gas companies are being unilaterally extended, have been given an added bonus: a French lesson.

Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Friday announced his intention not to seek re-election to a sixth term. He has served as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for nearly eight years (2001-2003 and 2007-2011), making him the top poliucymaker on Capitol Hill on energy issues. Bingaman, who is 67 years old, informed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) of his decision Thursday. He is the fourth senator aligned with Democrats to not seek re-election, following announcements already this year by Sens. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Jim Webb of Virginia and Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent who caucuses with Democrats, the Wall Street Journal reported..

A 27-year-old college student who bid on 13 natural gas and oil leases in December during a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auction in Utah — with no intention of paying for them — faces up to 10 years in prison and a hefty fine after being indicted Wednesday on two felony counts.

A 27-year-old college student who bid on 13 natural gas and oil leases in December during a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auction in Utah — with no intention of paying for them — faces up to 10 years in prison and a hefty fine after being indicted Wednesday on two felony counts.

President Bush last Tuesday signaled his intention to nominate sitting FERC Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff to a full five-year term at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.