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More than 16% of Albertans are employed in some area of the natural gas industry, according to an industry-sponsored study, and gas accounts for about 6.7% of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP), compared with about 2.7% of GDP in the United States.

More than 16% of Albertans are employed in some area of the natural gas industry, according to an industry-sponsored study, and gas accounts for about 6.7% of Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP), compared with about 2.7% of GDP in the United States.

On the heels of a Houston rally sponsored by producer and consumer groups opposed to the House climate change bill, labor and environmental groups — in partnership with Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection — Thursday delivered a counter punch by launching a nationwide jobs tour in support of a clean economy and climate change legislation.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee last Thursday passed major Democrat-sponsored climate change legislation that seeks to significantly reduce carbon emissions over the next few decades, as well as bolster the authority of federal regulators in carbon and energy markets.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday passed major Democrat-sponsored climate change legislation that seeks to significantly reduce carbon emissions over the next few decades, as well as bolster the authority of federal regulators in carbon and energy markets.

The Texas Senate passed two bills relating to natural gas production in the Barnett Shale on Tuesday. Both were sponsored by Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth).

A climate change activist group in the Pacific Northwest Monday demonstrated against Northwest Natural Gas Co. for its support of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and related pipeline as an offshoot of wider demonstrations in Portland, OR.

Following an Oregon state-sponsored assessment that natural gas prices this winter will rise and a newspaper editorial favorable to liquefied natural gas (LNG), a NorthernStar Natural Gas official expressed confidence Tuesday that the company’s Bradwood Landing LNG project along the Columbia River will gain FERC approval despite its removal from the commission’s agenda.

A bill has surfaced in the California Senate to prohibit new and renewed coal-fired electricity supply contracts for private and public utilities. SB 1368, sponsored by Sen. Don Perata (D-Oakland), is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.