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Shale formations are poised to create a renaissance in the U.S. petrochemical industry, Williams CEO Alan Armstrong said Wednesday.

The Supreme Court of Arkansas on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling dismissing a lawsuit against the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) for leasing thousands of state-protected wildlife acres in the Fayetteville Shale for gas exploration.

Incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) gained some ground Tuesday on Tea Party candidate Joe Miller as the state began counting thousands of absentee ballots and disputed ballots in the state’s Republican primary.

Opponents of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) who worry that the practice will contaminate drinking water thousands of feet underground should be more focused on what goes on above ground at natural gas drilling sites. There is a greater threat to water and the environment on the surface if proper safety practices are not followed, according to a new study of hydrofracing and gas shale plays.

Opponents of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracing) who worry that the practice will contaminate drinking water thousands of feet underground should be more focused on what goes on above ground at natural gas drilling sites. There is a greater threat to water and the environment on the surface if proper safety practices are not followed, according to a new study of hydrofracing and gas shale plays.

Hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil were befouling the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) last week far faster than 2,000 emergency responders and hundreds of vessels could contain the mess created by the apparent blowout of a deepwater well just 42 miles southeast of Venice, LA.

Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) has requested that the inspector general of the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) investigate what AIF said are thousands of messages about official PSC business sent and received on Commissioner Nancy Argenziano’s private Blackberry.

Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) has requested that the inspector general of the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) investigate what AIF said are thousands of messages about official PSC business sent and received on Commissioner Nancy Argenziano’s private Blackberry.

Comprehensive energy efficiency programs have the potential to slash Wisconsin’s energy use, cut hundreds of millions of dollars annually in energy costs and create thousands of jobs as early as 2012, according to a study commissioned by the state Public Service Commission (PSC). According to the Energy Center of Wisconsin study, there could be $900 million in net energy cost savings for each year of efficiency investments.