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Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell urged New Yorkers — and, by extension, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — to embrace high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in their state, adding that they have “the chance to play a major part in [the] revolution” of U.S. energy independence.

The chief of General Motors (GM) last week urged President Obama to appoint a blue ribbon committee whose only goal would be to develop a 30-year energy policy plan for the United States.

The chief of General Motors (GM) on Wednesday urged President Obama to appoint a blue ribbon committee whose only goal would be to develop a 30-year energy policy plan for the United States.

A coalition of eight oil and natural gas associations has urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission not to move forward with its notice of inquiry (NOI) requiring industry members to report individual transactional data including prices.

A coalition of eight oil and natural gas associations has urged FERC not to move forward with a notice of inquiry (NOI) requiring industry members to report individual transactional data including prices.

A major natural gas industrial consumers group has urged FERC to conduct a nationwide review of natural gas pipeline capacity to determine the need for construction to meet the demands of power generators and industrial consumers.

A major natural gas industrial consumers group has urged FERC to conduct a nationwide review of natural gas pipeline capacity to determine the need for construction to meet the demands of power generators and industrial consumers.

An Encana Corp. official on Thursday once again urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw a year-old draft report of groundwater samples near natural gas drilling sites in Pavillion, WY, saying the report was “sloppy” and had led to a “misguided response.”

A recent analysis of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) data from fracfocus.org and oil and gas well records from eight states, which concluded that nearly half of the wells fracked during the last nine months of 2011 were not disclosed on the website, doesn’t tell the whole story, according to industry sources. The industry supports the disclosure website and continues to flood it with well data, they said.