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A bill that would have changed West Virginia’s regulation of Marcellus Shale drilling was not brought up for a final vote by the House of Delegates during the final day of its 2011 regular session Friday and so will not become law this year.

The West Virginia House of Delegates was set to vote late Friday or Saturday on a bill to change the state’s regulation of Marcellus Shale drilling.

The five-member elected New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) selected a newcomer, Patrick Lyons, for its chairman on a split 3-2 vote Tuesday among the PRC members. Lyons is promoting a more pro-business approach to the state’s regulatory scheme.

A short-term continuing resolution (CR), which both houses of Congress were expected to vote out Tuesday, will provide additional funding to states for low-income energy customers.

The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (MBEP) is scheduled to vote Thursday on a motion to end Calais LNG’s effort to build a $1 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, import facility and pipeline project in Calais, ME.

In a unanimous vote, Arkansas regulators have agreed to give the public access to the ingredients of hydraulic fracturing (frack) fluid used to stimulate wells in their state, but they can’t have the recipe. The new rule will apply to wells permitted after Jan. 15.

In a unanimous vote, Arkansas regulators have agreed to give the public access to the ingredients of hydraulic fracturing (frack) fluid used to stimulate wells in their state, but they can’t have the recipe. The new rule will apply to wells permitted after Jan. 15.

Companies in Arkansas would have to reveal all of the chemicals they will use during hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations at new natural gas wells in the state prior to fracking, according to rule changes being considered by the state’s Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC).

The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) has approved, by a 14-1 vote, a proposed set of stringent rules regarding how natural gas wells are constructed.