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Occidental Petroleum Corp. CEO Ray Irani, 75, plans to step down at the 2011 annual meeting and become executive chairman before retiring in 2014. COO Stephen Chazen, who also is president of the Los Angeles-based producer, was tapped to assume the role of CEO. Occidental’s board also said it would “substantially reduce” overall compensation levels to be “more in line with its peers.” Irani made $97 million in total compensation in 2009. By comparison, ExxonMobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson earned $27.2 million in total compensation last year.

Pennsylvania’s program for regulating the hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) well stimulation activities of oil and gas producers “is overall, well managed, professional and meeting its program objectives,” according to a newly completed review.

Pennsylvania’s program for regulating the hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) well stimulation activities of oil and gas producers “is overall, well managed, professional and meeting its program objectives,” according to a newly completed review.

Disappointed with the response of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to her letter last month, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has requested a face-to-face meeting with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to discuss how the agency plans to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under its Clean Air Act (CAA) authority.

Disappointed with the response of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to her letter earlier this month, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has requested a face-to-face meeting with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to discuss how the agency plans to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under its Clean Air Act (CAA) authority.

Disappointed with the response of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to her letter earlier this month, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has requested a face-to-face meeting with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to discuss how the agency plans to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under its Clean Air Act (CAA) authority.

President Obama Tuesday signaled at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire that the Senate may not be able to pass energy legislation this year that includes the controversial cap-and-trade system for reducing heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

President Obama Tuesday signaled at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire that the Senate may not be able to pass energy legislation this year that includes the controversial cap-and-trade system for reducing heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

President Obama Tuesday signaled at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire that the Senate may not be able to pass energy legislation this year that includes the controversial cap-and-trade system for reducing heat-trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.