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Pennsylvania County Judge Refuses to Step Aside in Range Lawsuit

A county judge in Pennsylvania has refused to remove himself from presiding over a lawsuit filed by Range Resources Corp., stating that he can remain objective in the case despite his wife’s activities with an environmental group opposed to hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

March 20, 2013

Cornell Scientists Critical of Colleagues’ Gas Study

Three researchers at Cornell University say a controversial study, conducted by their colleagues and stating that shale gas activities posed a more serious threat to global warming than coal, contains serious flaws and should be revisited.

December 5, 2011

Cornell Researchers Slam Colleagues Over Negative Shale Gas Study

Three researchers at Cornell University say a controversial study, conducted by their colleagues and stating that shale gas activities posed a more serious threat to global warming than coal, contains serious flaws and should be revisited.

December 1, 2011

Cornell Scientists Take Aim Over Colleagues’ Negative Shale Gas Study

Three researchers at Cornell University say a controversial study, conducted by their colleagues and stating that shale gas activities posed a more serious threat to global warming than coal, contains serious flaws and should be revisited.

December 1, 2011

NARUC Takes Stand Against Federal Regulation of Hydrofracing

The board of directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has adopted a resolution stating its opposition to federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing), saying it would add “burdensome and unnecessary regulatory requirements” for domestic oil and natural gas drilling.

July 27, 2009

Obama Gets Tough on Cyber Security

Stating that it is now clear that the cyber threat is “one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation,” President Obama on Friday said he plans to appoint a new advisor to head the nation’s strategy for securing its digital borders.

June 1, 2009

Obama Gets Tough on Cyber Security

Stating that it is now clear that the cyber threat is “one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation,” President Obama on Friday said he plans to appoint a new adviser to head the nation’s strategy for securing its digital borders.

June 1, 2009

WGL Takes Issue with Moody’s Downgrade

WGL Holdings took issue Tuesday with a downgrade of its commercial paper rating to Not Prime from Prime-3 by Moody’s Investors Service, stating that the rating agency’s decision lacked sufficient explanation.

June 30, 2004

Alaska Senator Says Producer Tax Credit ‘Still in Play;’ ConocoPhillips Sends Warning

Contrary to published reports stating that negotiators have removed from the energy bill a controversial production tax credit for natural gas transported over a proposed Alaska gas pipeline, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said Wednesday the tax credit and other financial incentives for the long-line gas system were “still in play.”

October 16, 2003

Montana Sued Over Coal Bed Methane Development on Environmental Concerns

Stating that a state-approved coal bed methane plan unconstitutionally allows methane companies to waste billions of gallons of groundwater and violate air and water quality standards, the Northern Plains Resource Council has filed a lawsuit against three Montana agencies.

October 13, 2003
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