The prospects for passing comprehensive climate change legislation this year appeared to dim Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) suggested in comments that some of the work before Congress may be put on hold until 2010.
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Colorado GOP Members Request Extensions for Permits to Drill
Colorado Republican Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, who has indicated his plans to run for governor in 2010, and fellow Republican state Rep. Cory Gardner have asked the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) to extend the allowed time to hold a natural gas and oil drilling permit to provide “long-term certainty” for companies willing to invest in the state.
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President Obama has tapped Robert Abbey, a veteran public land policy leader, to be the next director of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Abbey has more than 32 years in public service, working with state and federal land management agencies before retiring from the federal government in July 2005. He was the Nevada state director for the BLM for eight years. Abbey’s nomination requires Senate confirmation.
House Leader Says ‘Breakthroughs’ Made on Climate Change Bill
Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have made “breakthroughs this week” on climate change legislation, said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) Wednesday.
Congress Asked to Resolve Federal, State Permitting Conflict
A major natural gas pipeline group last Monday called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to help “remedy” the conflict between federal and state regulators involved in the permitting of interstate gas pipeline projects as part of legislation that addresses electric transmission siting.
Congress Asked to Resolve Federal, State Permitting Conflict
A major natural gas pipeline group Monday called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to help “remedy” the conflict between federal and state regulators involved in the permitting of interstate gas pipeline projects as part of legislation that addresses electric transmission siting.
Wellinghoff Tapped as Acting FERC Chairman; Cabinet Sworn In
President Obama Friday tapped Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff, a favorite of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), as acting chairman of the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Earlier in the president’s first week in office Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu were sworn in at the White House as secretaries of the departments of Interior and Energy, respectively.
Wellinghoff Tapped as Acting FERC Chairman
President Obama Friday tapped Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff, a favorite of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), as acting chairman of the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Senate Leaders to Push $21.8B Tax Package in Energy Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has indicated he will move forward with an energy bill (HR 6) that includes a slightly larger tax package ($21.8 billion), ignoring threats of a counterattack by Republicans and a possible veto by President Bush.
IOGCC: Petroleum Industry Still Challenged to Regenerate Workforce
The domestic petroleum industry is in a sustainable recovery, but it remains challenged in regenerating its workforce at all levels and reestablishing itself as a world leader in research and development (R&D), the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) reported last week.