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Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Thursday said the promised natural gas severance tax for Marcellus Shale production “clearly is dead,” blaming the General Assembly’s GOP members for refusing to “negotiate in good faith.”

The promised natural gas severance tax for Marcellus Shale production “clearly is dead,” Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday, and he blamed the General Assembly’s GOP members for refusing to “negotiate in good faith.”

The oil and natural gas industry Wednesday generally welcomed the Obama administration’s proposed plan to open up the South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic coasts and parts of the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to expanded exploratory and development activities, saying it was a good start. But others, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Solutions, noted the the proposed plan was far from a sure thing, with President Obama stressing that the offshore areas “will be considered potential areas for development.”

The oil and natural gas industry Wednesday generally welcomed the Obama administration’s proposed plan to open up the South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic coasts and parts of the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to expanded exploratory and development activities, saying it was a good start. But others, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Solutions, noted the the proposed plan was far from a sure thing, with President Obama stressing that the offshore areas “will be considered potential areas for development.”

Natural gas buyers in the northeastern United States, Ontario and Quebec are being promised improved ability to shop around for supplies — potentially on a global market — by a small but strategic pipeline project.

Natural gas buyers in the northeastern United States, Ontario and Quebec are being promised improved ability to shop around for supplies — potentially on a global market — by a small but strategic pipeline project.

As promised earlier in January, Oregon officials last Tuesday filed with a federal appeals court to reverse FERC’s conditioned approval of the NorthernStar Natural Gas Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal project along the Columbia River. Undaunted, all three of Oregon’s LNG projects kept pushing ahead with various local, state and federal permitting processes.

As promised two weeks ago, Oregon officials Tuesday filed with a federal appeals court to reverse FERC’s conditioned approval of the NorthernStar Natural Gas Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal project along the Columbia River. Earlier this month the Commission refused to reconsider its approval, which is based on Bradwood Landing obtaining all local and state permits.

With more than two months to go before inauguration day, the incoming Obama administration, which has promised a change of direction for the nation’s energy policy, is being inundated with a flood of advice — some of it contradictory — from a variety of sources.