Prevent

A Pennsylvania municipal authority has filed a lawsuit to prevent a Marcellus Shale-related drilling project from proceeding until more watershed protections are in place.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last week denied the Center for Biological Diversity’s (CBD) emergency motion to prevent construction of the Ruby Pipeline.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit late Tuesday denied the Center for Biological Diversity’s (CBD) emergency motion to prevent construction of the Ruby Pipeline.

In an effort to prevent fires and explosions caused when natural gas is used to clean or purge gas pipes of debris, air or other substances, typically during facility construction and maintenance, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) in a 4-1 vote last week approved a list of “urgent recommendations” for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and others.

In an attempt to prevent future oil spill disasters in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Tuesday said she has introduced legislation that would cut off the flow of federal incentives for oil and natural gas drilling in the deep waters of the Outer Continental Shelf.

In an effort to prevent fires and explosions caused when natural gas is used to clean or purge gas pipes of debris, air or other substances, typically during facility construction and maintenance, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) in a 4-1 vote Monday night approved a list of “urgent recommendations” for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and others. Among the recommendations is to require “the use of inherently safer alternatives such as air blows or pigging with air in lieu of flammable gas.”

President Obama stressed the need to pass energy and financial reform legislation, and to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and prevent similar spills in the future during a meeting Thursday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

President Obama stressed the need to pass energy and financial reform legislation, and to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and prevent similar spills in the future during a meeting Thursday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

In an effort to prevent more defections by its membership, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tuesday defended and clarified its position on House climate change legislation (HR 2454).