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Richard Clarke, former anti-terrorism czar for both the Bush and Clinton administrations, is preparing a threat analysis of the proposed marine transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through Narragansett Bay, said Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch. The U.S. Coast Guard has requested a copy of the analysis, which is due to be completed by mid-April.

Richard Clarke, former anti-terrorism czar for both the Bush and Clinton administrations, is preparing a threat analysis of the proposed marine transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through Narragansett Bay, said Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch. The U.S. Coast Guard has requested a copy of the analysis, which is due to be completed by mid-April.

The joint trial for former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay, former CEO Jeffrey Skilling and former chief accountant Richard Causey is set to begin Jan. 17, 2006. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake in Houston set the trial date after agreeing with defense requests for more time to prepare.

The joint trial for former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay, former CEO Jeffrey Skilling and former chief accountant Richard Causey is set to begin Jan. 17, 2006. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake in Houston set the trial date after agreeing with defense requests for more time to prepare.

The trial for former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay, CEO Jeffrey Skilling and ex-chief accountant Richard Causey could begin as early as June and even coincide with another trial where five former executives of the bankrupt company’s broadband division will stand accused.

Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA), chairman of the House Resources Committee, is urging House lawmakers not to co-sponsor a bill that would keep the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) closed to oil and natural gas drilling.

Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA), chairman of the House Resources Committee, is urging House lawmakers not to co-sponsor a bill that would keep the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) closed to oil and natural gas drilling.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has issued a permanent injunction against Texas resident Richard Hale and Texas-based Allegheny Gulf Investments Inc. that prohibits them from, among other things, controlling or directing any commodity futures or options trading accounts. The defendants also were ordered to pay a $440,000 fine for violations related to trading natural gas futures.

Richard J. Sharples, former president of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. who has chaired the Natural Gas Supply Association and the Natural Gas Council, has been named executive director of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, a Washington, DC-based group representing LNG facility owners, operators, transporters and natural gas users.