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The current Congress is a do-nothing legislative body, while the Department of Energy (DOE) has stepped up its output in response to the uptick in applications being filed to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a result of the rapid development of shale natural gas in the United States, federal energy officials said Monday.

The current Congress is a do-nothing legislative body, while the Department of Energy (DOE) has stepped up its approval of applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) in response to the rapid development of shale natural gas in the United States, federal energy officials said Monday.

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has been around for decades with little or no environmental problems, and it is a key to the nation’s energy independence through stepped up use of plentiful natural gas supplies in transportation, oilman-turned-clean transportation advocate T. Boone Pickens told a National Press Club luncheon Tuesday in which he tackled a wide-ranging set of energy, environmental and political issues with fellow billionaire and CNN founder Ted Turner.

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has been around for decades with little or no environmental problems, and it is a key to the nation’s energy independence through stepped up use of plentiful natural gas supplies in transportation, oilman-turned-clean transportation advocate T. Boone Pickens told a National Press Club luncheon Tuesday in which he tackled a wide-ranging set of energy, environmental and political issues with fellow billionaire and CNN founder Ted Turner.

A second Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project has stepped forward on the Pacific Coast of northern British Columbia (BC). The new scheme is a fledgling international venture by private firms that adds a novel twist to the emerging field by marching to an Aboriginal beat.

A second Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project has stepped forward on the Pacific Coast of northern British Columbia (BC). The new scheme is a fledgling international venture by private firms that adds a novel twist to the emerging field by marching to an Aboriginal beat.

Legend Natural Gas IV LP stepped forward Thursday as the buyer of Range Resources Corp. Barnett Shale assets. Legend said it had struck two deals totaling $1 billion, one of them with Range in the Barnett of North Texas.

Marcellus Shale producers in Pennsylvania would have to report wastewater produced from their wells — including fluids from hydraulic fracturing operations — to state regulators under legislation that cleared a state House committee Tuesday.

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Consolidated Edison and Statoil Natural Gas have stepped up with binding precedent agreements for capacity on an expansion of Spectra Energy Corp.’s Texas Eastern Transmission and Algonquin Gas Transmission systems to deliver gas to the New Jersey and New York area. The commitments are enough for the company to proceed with the project, Spectra said.