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Congress Struggles With Funding Repairs To U.S. Capitol Dome

The House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee has held a hearing titled, “Opportunities to Improve the 340B Drug Pricing Program”

GAO Releases Climate Change Report

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The GAO’s climate change report finds that climate change could result in significant impacts to the US economy that may be unevenly distributed across US sectors and regions.

Texas Oil Companies Work To Adapt To Falling Oil Prices

Fourteen months ago, during a U.S. Senate hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), EPA was asked to explain how it decides how much ethanol will be blended into the nation’s fuel supply each year under the agency’s RFS authority. You can read about that conversation here, but the gist of the exchange is that… Keep reading →

Future Uncertain For Nuclear Energy In California

Department of Energy contractors and subcontractors may be subject to additional civil penalties.

High Oil Prices Continue To Drive Gas Prices Steadily Upwards

By coincidence, the same day that the three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit struck down (again) a portion of the conflict minerals rule.

Texas Oil Companies Work To Adapt To Falling Oil Prices

Natural gas organizations are starting to integrate cybersecurity with other programs or applications as opposed to ad hoc or bolt-on fixes, according to Black & Veatch’s 2014 Strategic Directions: U.S. Natural Gas Industry report. The renewed focus on both physical and cyber security can be understood, in part, as a function of the continued rise… Keep reading →

oil train

Industry stakeholders call for streamlined rail and pipeline permitting to sustain market impacts from oil and gas production when prices are low. Enhanced oil and natural gas transportation and storage infrastructure is needed to ensure the domestic energy revolution is sustained in the current period of low prices. Streamlining infrastructure permitting processes would aid investor… Keep reading →