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The American Gas Association (AGA) expects to take a prominent seat as climate change legislation is debated next year. The association is preparing a “full court press” for the discussions, according to incoming Chairman Bob Skaggs.

The American Gas Association (AGA) expects to take a prominent seat as climate change legislation is debated next year. The association is preparing a “full court press” for the discussions, according to incoming Chairman Bob Skaggs.

Halliburton is anticipating a “structural shift” in the U.S. land market as unconventional resources become a more prominent component of the production profile, according to CEO Dave Lesar.

Halliburton is anticipating a “structural shift” in the U.S. land market as unconventional resources become a more prominent component of the production profile, CEO Dave Lesar said Friday.

A pair of winter weather outlooks released last week by prominent forecasters call for colder weather across the Mid-Atlantic region in coming months, and each said the nation’s winter weather will be significantly effected by the current El Nino event, though one outlook called for a fading El Nino and the other sees El Nino strengthening.

While two prominent lawmakers have said they found room to agree on comprehensive climate change legislation in the Senate, the potential cost of a House climate change bill (HR 2454) still has some senators shaking their heads.

While Tropical Storm Ernesto continued to soak the Mid-Atlantic Friday, one prominent hurricane forecasting team was slashing its expectations for the 2006 season for a second time in a month. In the downgrade, Colorado State University forecasters William Gray and Philip Klotzbach said they now expect there to be fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic than during a normal season.

Prominent religious leaders and educators in the United States, in an “open statement” to policymakers last week, signaled their opposition to the expansion of oil and natural gas drilling on public lands.

Three prominent Senate Democrats have called on the Bush administration to open currently unavailable portions of Lease Sale 181 in the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and natural gas leasing.