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In his energy plan released Thursday, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry called for dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the suspension and reconsideration of several rules administered by the EPA, the creation of a separate court to address challenges to energy projects, and greater access to onshore and offshore oil and natural gas resources.

In his energy plan released Thursday, Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry called for dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the suspension and reconsideration of several rules administered by the EPA, the creation of a separate court to address challenges to energy projects, and greater access to onshore and offshore oil and natural gas resources.

The Interior Department was mum last week on Republican senators’ claim that revenue from bonus bids associated with offshore oil and natural gas leasing has nosedived to zero from $10 billion over the past three years.

The Interior Department remains mum on Republican senators’ claim that revenue from bonus bids associated with offshore oil and natural gas leasing has nosedived to zero from $10 billion over the past three years.

Proving the common saying that region trumps party in Pennsylvania politics, a pair of Republican state representatives are proposing a severance tax on natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale.

A Republican-led House Energy and Commerce subcommittee last Wednesday voted out by voice vote legislation that is favorable to existing natural gas pipelines, distribution lines and offshore gathering facilities. Meanwhile, the fallout from last September’s San Bruno, CA, gas pipeline explosion continued to roil stakeholders in California.

A Republican-led House Energy and Commerce subcommittee Wednesday voted out by voice vote legislation that is favorable to existing natural gas pipelines, distribution lines and offshore gathering facilities.

Early reaction to the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission’s (MSAC) final report is mixed, with environmental groups praising some recommendations while criticizing omissions, industry promising cooperation and lawmakers offering a skeptical shrug.

New Jersey officials have told the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) that the state might withhold its dues to the organization if it doesn’t enact rules governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) within the Delaware River Basin by its next meeting in September.