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As the state of New York missed Wednesday’s deadline to create regulations for high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF), supporters and opponents of the practice took aim at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, anti-fracking lawmakers sought a one-year moratorium, and a landowners group said it would sue the state over the delay.

Although the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has missed deadlines for two of the three studies it was required to perform under the state’s Marcellus Shale regulatory reform law, the agency is close to completing one of the studies and should present it to legislators soon.

In Montana in a “forgotten corner of the Williston Basin,” a Texas company is gathering up acreage with the expectation that it can turn what some call the False Bakken into a true gem. And if that doesn’t work, northeast Montana has more to offer in and near the Bakken Petroleum System.

The Interior Department’s decision to not open up new offshore areas in its proposed 2012-2017 leasing plan, particularly offshore Virginia, is a “missed opportunity with little to no justifiable policy rationale,” the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) said in comments filed with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

The Interior Department’s decision to not open up new offshore areas in its proposed 2012-2017 leasing plan, particularly offshore Virginia, is a “missed opportunity with little to no justifiable policy rationale,” the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) said in comments filed with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

Although it missed its long-sought 20% renewable portfolio standard (RPS) goal last year, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) said last week it is on track to hit it this year if projections by the investor-owned utilities (IOU) turn out to be correct and by 2013 if other forecasts turn out to be more accurate.

Although it missed its long-sought 20% renewable portfolio standard (RPS) goal last year, California is on track to hit it this year if projections by the investor-owned utilities (IOU) turn out to be correct and by 2013 if other forecasts turn out to be more accurate. This was the essence of a quarterly report released last Monday by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

More than half of the natural gas drillers operating in the Marcellus Shale missed the deadline to report the production levels of their wells, which is a violation of state law, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announcement Friday.

More than half of the natural gas drillers operating in the Marcellus Shale missed the deadline to report the production levels of their wells, which is a violation of state law, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announcement Friday.