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Supporters and opponents of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) have taken turns voicing their opinions in an Ohio newspaper in Marcellus territory this month, just days after a nonprofit organization declared the state’s program regulating the practice to be well managed.

Supporters and opponents of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) have taken turns voicing their opinions in an Ohio newspaper in Marcellus territory this month, just days after a nonprofit organization declared the state’s program regulating the practice to be well managed.

Leading House opponents of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) said their nearly year-long investigation revealed that oil and natural gas service companies have continued to use diesel fuel to produce shale gas without receiving regulatory approval.

Leading House opponents of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) said their nearly year-long investigation revealed that oil and natural gas service companies have continued to use diesel fuel to produce shale gas without receiving regulatory approval.

Marcellus Shale operators — and drilling opponents — waiting for the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to issue proposed natural gas development rules should get their wish Thursday morning, officials said.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), one of the Senate’s key opponents to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) drive to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA), has called on agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to provide more details on how its program would work.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), one of the Senate’s key opponents to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) drive to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA), has called on agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to provide more details on how its program would work.

With congressmen on recess testing public sentiment in their home territories, opponents of the House-passed climate change legislation are gearing up to stage public rallies at key points across the country to stir up opposition before companion legislation shows up in September in the Senate. The first rally against the climate change measure and proposed producer tax hikes is scheduled to take place in Houston Tuesday.

Calling out one of its opponents for allegedly making misleading claims, the backers of the proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal along the Columbia River in Oregon pushed back Friday to say the project is not threatened in any way by a state-level permitting snag. The NorthernStar Natural Gas Corp. project remains on track and on schedule, a spokesperson told NGI.