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Improved development and drainage of shale plays is among the topics researchers at the University of Texas (UT) will investigate as part of an energy partnership agreement signed by UT and Statoil in Austin, TX, Monday.

The views of northwestern utility regulators can differ widely on topics such as climate change, renewable energy, natural gas policy and the development of new nuclear power generation, as revealed by remarks heard Jan. 14 at an industry conference in Seattle.

The views of northwestern utility regulators can differ widely on topics such as climate change, renewable energy, natural gas policy and the development of new nuclear power generation, as revealed by remarks heard Monday at an industry conference.

If you briefly closed your eyes during a House hearing ondomestic energy policy last week, you would have thought you hadbeen transported back in time to the early 1990s. The cast ofcharacters — former Energy Secretary James D. Watkins and formerCongressman Phil Sharp — were the same, and the issues theyaddressed – opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)to drilling and lifting the offshore moratoria — rang a veryfamiliar tune.

If you closed your eyes only briefly yesterday during a Househearing on domestic energy policy, you could have sworn you movedback in time by a decade. The players — former Energy SecretaryJames D. Watkins and former Congressman Phil Sharp — were thesame, and the issues they addressed — opening up the ArcticNational Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling and lifting theoffshore moratoria — were identical.