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A citizens’ advisory task force on Wednesday submitted its final recommendation for cleaning up the air in the Upper Green River Basin to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), prompting praise from Gov. Matt Mead.

Prospects of prolonged natural gas gluts have prompted a recommendation for Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) to start preparing for hearings on costs of shutting down an industry cornerstone: TransCanada Corp.’s Mainline from Alberta to Ontario, Quebec and border crossings into the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.

Prospects of prolonged natural gas gluts have prompted a recommendation for Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) to start preparing for hearings on costs of shutting down an industry cornerstone: TransCanada Corp.’s Mainline from Alberta to Ontario, Quebec and border crossings into the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.

Economic activity in the Marcellus Shale quadrupled between 2008 and this year, according to an industry-backed study released Wednesday.

Despite a recommendation from its presiding members’ committee to approve the project, the California Energy Commission (CEC) on Thursday unanimously agreed to reopen the regulatory process for a long-standing proposal by Princeton, NJ-based NRG Energy Inc. to build a smaller natural gas-fired generation plant on part of its existing 100-acre coastal generation plant site in Carlsbad, CA.

If Texas lawmakers follow the recommendation of an advisory panel, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) will be no more and would be replaced by the Texas Oil and Gas Commission. The new body would have one elected commissioner instead of the current three.

If Texas lawmakers follow the recommendation of an advisory panel, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) will be no more and would be replaced by the Texas Oil and Gas Commission. The new body would have one elected commissioner instead of the current three.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last Tuesday accepted a staff recommendation that seven look-alike natural gas contracts traded on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) platform are “significant price discovery contracts [SPDC],” making them subject to agency regulation and the self-regulatory authority of their trading exchange.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Tuesday accepted staff recommendation that seven look-alike natural gas contracts traded on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) platform are “significant price discovery contracts [SPDC],” making them subject to agency regulation and the self-regulatory authority of their trading exchange.