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A coalition of about 36 industry groups Monday urged a federal appeals court in Atlanta to reject a challenge to the the federal offshore permitting process that it contends could potentially halt all oil and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is urging the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to reject proposals to ban horizontal drilling in the 1.1-million-acre George Washington National Forest (GWNF) in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. API said a ban would amount to “an arbitrary and unprecedented shift in national energy policy through the forest management planning process.”

The American Petroleum Institute (API) is urging the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to reject proposals to ban horizontal drilling in the 1.1-million-acre George Washington National Forest (GWNF) in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. API said a ban would amount to “an arbitrary and unprecedented shift in national energy policy through the forest management planning process.”

Natural gas municipal entities and industrial gas consumers have called on Congress to reject efforts to allow the interstate pipelines to collect a tracker fee — or tax — on top of the existing user fees from customers as part of pipeline safety reauthorization legislation.

The mayor of Jersey City, NJ, again has asked FERC to reject the expansion of its Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) and Algonquin Gas Transmission interstate pipeline systems to serve the New Jersey and New York markets with natural gas from the Marcellus Shale.

The mayor of Jersey City, NJ, again has asked FERC to reject the expansion of its Texas Eastern Transmission (Tetco) and Algonquin Gas Transmission interstate pipeline systems to serve the New Jersey and New York markets with natural gas from the Marcellus Shale.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) should reject Southern California Gas Co.’s (SoCalGas) application to spend $1 billion to upgrade nearly six million meters to advanced devices with two-way communication capabilities, according to the state’s Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), an independent consumer advocacy division of the CPUC.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) should reject Southern California Gas Co.’s (SoCalGas) application to spend $1 billion to upgrade nearly six million meters to advanced devices with two-way communication capabilities, according to the state’s Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), an independent consumer advocacy division of the CPUC.

Dominion Resources last week said it was still weighing its options following the decision of West Virginia regulators to reject the proposed sale of the Dominion Hope natural gas distribution company to a San Francisco investment company.