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Tax Break Bill Could Help Pennsylvania Lure Ethane Cracker

A state official said a bill advancing in the Pennsylvania General Assembly that offers tax breaks to large businesses could also be used to help the state lure an ethane cracker and the thousands of jobs it would provide.

February 6, 2012

Former SEC Official Tapped to Head CFTC Whistleblower Office

Vincente Martinez, who most recently served as an enforcement official with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has been tapped as the first director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) new Whistleblower Office.

January 9, 2012

Encana: EPA Report Flawed ‘At Almost Every Step’

An Encana Corp. official in December delivered a blistering response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent draft report linking water contamination in Pavillion, WY, to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

January 2, 2012

Encana: EPA Frack Water Report Flawed ‘At Almost Every Step’

An Encana Corp. official Tuesday delivered a blistering response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent draft report linking water contamination in Pavillion, WY, to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

December 21, 2011

EPA Challenging Pennsylvania Air Policy

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is challenging a Pennsylvania policy for measuring air emissions, including those from Marcellus Shale development.

December 7, 2011

INGAA: House Vote on Pipe Safety Bill Imminent

The House of Representatives could vote out pipeline safety legislation “as early as next week,” said an official with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America said Friday.

December 5, 2011

API May Challenge EPA Rule on Gas Emissions

An American Petroleum Institute (API) official did not rule out the possibility that the group would challenge in court the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rules to reduce air pollution from oil and natural gas drilling operations if its recommended improvements to the rule are ignored.

December 5, 2011

INGAA Says House Vote on Pipe Safety Bill Imminent

The House of Representatives could vote out pipeline safety legislation “as early as next week,” an official with the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) said Friday.

December 5, 2011

API Seeks to Delay, Change EPA Gas Emissions Rule

An American Petroleum Institute (API) official did not rule out the possibility that the group would challenge in court the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rules to reduce air pollution from oil and natural gas drilling operations if its recommended improvements to the rule are ignored.

December 2, 2011

PHMSA’s Quarterman Expects Pipe Safety Bill by Year-End

Although the full House hasn’t acted on its pipeline safety re-authorization legislation yet, a leading Department of Transportation (DOT) official said she is confident that the bill will clear Congress this year.

November 21, 2011