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After five years of study an environmental and socioeconomic Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) cleared the regulatory path toward a possible go-ahead for the mega-pipeline to tap far North reserves, rejecting environmentalists arguments to dump the whole project and coming up with a suggested compromise in the decades-long land claims battle with the Canadian aboriginal Deh Cho Dene Nation. The panel’s recommendation that the National Energy Board (NEB) approve the project sets the stage for about nine months of consideration by that agency.

As the House of Representatives moved toward floor debate starting Thursday with a possible vote within a few days on financial reform measures, all the major natural gas and electric power organizations joined in a letter to House members urging that the end-user exemption from mandatory clearing or exchange trading of derivatives or swaps be preserved.

A controversy over possible falsified climate change reports has been growing in England and the United States as world leaders, including President Obama, prepare to attend the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in Copenhagen Dec. 7-18.

A controversy over possible falsified climate change reports has been growing in England and the United States as world leaders, including President Obama, prepare to attend the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in Copenhagen Dec. 7-18.

The national security team of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Thursday was investigating another possible attack on an EnCana Corp. natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia.

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC has asked FERC to move “as soon as possible” on its request to reverse flow on its pipeline system so that it can export natural gas from the United States to Canada.

Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC has asked FERC to approve “as soon as possible” its request to reverse flow on its pipeline system so that it can export natural gas from the United States to Canada.

Kern River Gas Transmission Co. told shippers that they should brace for the possible collection of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fees by the pipeline on behalf of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which needs the money to fund implementation of the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act, or Assembly Bill (AB) 32.

After two months of being on a designated watch for possible downgrade, Northern California Gas Authority (NCGA), a gas purchaser for public-sector utilities, had its gas revenue bonds (Series 2007 A and B) rating dropped to “A2” from “A1” by Moody’s Investors Service.