Senate

Two of the top proponents of an omnibus energy bill in the Senate took aim at House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) Wednesday after his office reportedly declared that lawmakers had run out of time to reach a compromise on outstanding issues in the legislation.

Dozens of environmental groups, including Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN), Clean Water Action and American Sustainable Business Council, are urging top members of both House and Senate energy committees to schedule hearings on FERC’s implementation of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and to reform the NGA.

Whether the omnibus bipartisan agreement between the Obama administration and many western state governors for protecting sage grouse habitat is effective and working seems split along partisan lines, based on testimony to a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

President Obama on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping pipeline safety bill, which includes changes to the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

After the Senate’s passage of an omnibus energy bill on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said she thought the calendar was the biggest obstacle to getting the legislation across the finish line.

After the Senate’s passage of an omnibus energy bill on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said she thought the calendar was the biggest obstacle to getting the legislation across the finish line.

In a rare display of bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed an omnibus energy policy bill that avoided most controversial measures and won broad support from the energy community, including those representing the natural gas industry.

In a rare display of bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed an omnibus energy policy bill that avoided most controversial measures and won broad support from the energy community, including those representing the natural gas industry.

A bill passed unanimously by the Ohio House of Representatives early last year that would help oil and natural gas companies more easily form drilling units by allowing them to unitize state-owned land such as roads, universities and wildlife areas, remains stuck in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.