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A coalition of eight Senate Democrats Friday sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson challenging the agency’s potential regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

A coalition of eight Senate Democrats Friday sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson challenging the agency’s potential regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA).

Steep declines in hydraulic fracturing and cementing services in North American operations, coupled with reduced pricing for services, sent BJ Services Co. earnings into a spiral in fiscal 1Q2010, the company said late Monday.

Steep declines in hydraulic fracturing and cementing services in North American operations, coupled with reduced pricing for services, sent BJ Services Co. earnings into a spiral in fiscal 1Q2010, the company said late Monday.

Nine centrist Democrats led by Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania Thursday sent a letter to President Obama spelling out the principles that they believe should be the core of any international climate policy negotiated in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The tail end of the uneventful 2009 Gulf of Mexico (GOM) hurricane season was punctuated last week by the threat of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Ida, which sent some offshore operators scurrying to evacuate crews and shut in production in the eastern GOM. However, Ida’s impact was short-lived and traders mostly yawned.

A coalition of 89 House Democrats led by Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Tuesday urging him to take administrative action to protect energy-rich Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in Utah from development while Congress continues to work on legislation to designate them as wilderness.

A bipartisan coalition of 69 House lawmakers led by Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) sent a letter to the head of President Obama’s Ocean Policy Task Force criticizing an interim report on ocean policy as being lopsided — focusing too heavily on environmental stewardship while virtually ignoring the development of energy resources.

November natural gas futures vaulted higher Monday as traders observed a continuation of the short covering that sent futures bounding higher by 25.2 cents on Friday. The prompt-month contract rose 26.9 cents Monday to close at $4.987 and December advanced 20.1 cents to $5.723. November crude oil rose 46 cents to $70.41/bbl.