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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) last week narrowly reduced its estimated outlook for U.S. natural gas production in 2010, but the federal agency noted that total output still is tracking to be 1.9% higher than in 2009.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Tuesday narrowly reduced its estimated outlook for U.S. natural gas production in 2010, but the federal agency noted that total output still is tracking to be 1.9% higher than in 2009.

The House climate change and energy bill (HR 2454), which narrowly passed the House late last month, is a “public policy abomination” that “should be opposed by open-minded climate scientists and climate economists of all political persuasions,” an executive told the Texas Energy Summit last Wednesday.

The proposed American Clean Energy and Security Act, which narrowly passed the House last Friday, is a “public policy abomination” that “should be opposed by open-minded climate scientists and climate economists of all political persuasions,” an executive told the Texas Energy Summit Wednesday.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday narrowly voted to repeal mandatory royalty relief for deepwater oil and natural gas leases, reversing the policy spelled out in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) suffered a stinging setback Wednesday when he narrowly lost a vote in the Democratic Steering Committee to challenger Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) for the gavel of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Energy stocks sagged across the board Monday after the House in a historical vote narrowly rejected the Bush administration’s plan for a massive federal government intervention in the Wall Street financial markets.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne last Monday proposed relaxing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to allow federal agencies in certain narrowly defined situations to decide on their own whether projects would threaten endangered species and plants. The move is aimed at reducing the workload by limiting “unnecessary consultations” among agencies over actions likely to have minimal impact.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne Monday proposed relaxing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to allow federal agencies in certain narrowly defined situations to decide on their own whether projects would threaten endangered species and plants. The move is aimed at reducing the workload by limiting “unnecessary consultations” among agencies over actions likely to have minimal impact.