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The University at Buffalo (UB) will close its Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI), which during its seven-month life issued a hydraulic fracturing (fracking) study that was the target of criticism from several areas, including some UB staff, university President Satish Tripathi said last week.

The University at Buffalo (UB) will close its Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI), which during its seven-month life issued a hydraulic fracturing (fracking) study that was the target of criticism from several areas, including some UB staff, university President Satish Tripathi said Monday.

The University at Buffalo (UB) will close its Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI), which during its seven-month life issued a hydraulic fracturing (fracking) study that was the target of criticism from several areas, including some UB staff, university President Satish Tripathi said Monday.

Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) has introduced a bill that would further delay action on the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed rule governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) activities on public and Indian lands until Interior Secretary Ken Salazar submits a report examining the effects of the rule.

The American Gas Association (AGA) partnered with the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) to host an “Outlook for the Natural Gas Industry” luncheon on Wednesday in an effort to extol the long-term virtues of natural gas, and to reveal the AGA’s agenda for the year. But if the questions asked by the attendees are any indication, then the investment community as a whole is quite concerned that the massive U.S. federal budget deficit may have dire taxation impacts on the U.S. energy industry.

The American Gas Association (AGA) partnered with the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) to host an “Outlook for the Natural Gas Industry” luncheon on Wednesday in an effort to extol the long-term virtues of natural gas, and to reveal the AGA’s agenda for the year. But if the questions asked by the attendees are any indication, then the investment community as a whole is quite concerned that the massive U.S. federal budget deficit may have dire taxation impacts on the U.S. energy industry.

Energy efficiency is no longer considered just a “nice thing to do for society” and is now considered “a real resource,” even a “fifth fuel,” National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Jim Kerr told Congress last Monday.

Energy efficiency is no longer considered just a “nice thing to do for society” and is now considered “a real resource,” even a “fifth fuel,” National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Jim Kerr told Congress Monday.

Maintaining the status quo in natural gas utility rate design may be costly to consumers, utilities and society, but innovative rate designs and true-up mechanisms could align the interests of all stakeholders, according to a white paper by the American Gas Foundation (AGF).