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LNG Exports Move Closer to Reality

A series of recent decisions by regulators and moves by operators of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities indicate the logjam of LNG exports may be easing.

August 27, 2012

EPA Ends Water Sampling in Dimock, PA

Following a series of tests indicating that water from private wells in Dimock Township, PA, is safe to drink, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last Wednesday said it has determined “that there are not levels of contaminants present that would require additional action by the agency” and it has no plans to further test water samples in the township.

July 30, 2012

EPA Ends Water Sampling in Dimock, PA

Following a series of tests indicating that water from private wells in Dimock Township, PA, is safe to drink, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday said it has determined “that there are not levels of contaminants present that would require additional action by the agency” and it has no plans to further test water samples in the township.

July 26, 2012

Pennsylvania Governor Signs Budget, Ethane Cracker Tax Breaks

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Saturday signed the state’s $27.7 billion budget for 2012-13, which includes modifications to the tax code that could potentially offer billions in tax breaks to companies investing in an ethane cracker and associated manufacturing facilities.

July 3, 2012

Court Dismisses Objections to EPA Timing, Tailoring Rules

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) interpretation of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in a series of greenhouse gas (GHG)-related rules was “unambiguously correct,” according to a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which last week denied petitions against the EPA’s timing and tailoring rules.

July 2, 2012

Court Dismisses Objections to EPA’s Timing and Tailoring Rules

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) interpretation of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in a series of greenhouse gas (GHG)-related rules was “unambiguously correct,” according to a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which on Tuesday denied petitions against the EPA’s timing and tailoring rules.

June 27, 2012

Fracking Proposals Advance in North Carolina

A series of legislative proposals that would allow hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and enact several other changes to North Carolina’s energy policies within two years have cleared an important hurdle and could come to a vote this summer.

May 18, 2012

Homeland Security Reports Cyber Attacks on Gas Pipelines

An “active series” of cyber attacks were reported on natural gas pipeline companies’ computer networks over the past four months, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The department said it is working with the FBI and other federal agencies, as well as pipelines, to bring down the cyber intruders.

May 14, 2012

CNG Fueling Stations Eyed for Florida, East Coast

The natural gas marketing unit of Delaware-based Chesapeake Utilities Corp. (CUC) and Wise Gas Inc. said Wednesday they plan to jointly develop a series of compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations in Florida and along the East Coast to serve both municipal and private-sector fleets.

April 12, 2012

BOEM Seeks Public Input on Preparing EIS for Eastern Gulf Sales

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Monday announced that it will open a comment period and hold a series of public scoping meetings to collect information to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for two proposed oil and natural gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico’s (GOM) Eastern Planning Area.

March 20, 2012