House GOP fails to stop light bulb standards *udpated*
The GOP bill to overturn the standards set to go into effect next year fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage. The vote was 233-193.
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Mississippi sues over BP’s $20B oil spill fund *updated*
Mississippi’s attorney general is suing the administrator of BP’s $20 billion oil spill fund to get access to claims filed by coastal residents. More »
Shell VP optimistic about permits for Arctic drilling
Shell appears closer than ever to securing airtight environmental permits for proposed drilling in Arctic waters near Alaska, but a company executive today warned the work may not get under way unless the government approves planned projects in both the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. More »
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Feds aim to put agencies on same page when it comes to Alaska drilling
Roughly a dozen government agencies and cabinet-level departments have a say in oil and gas drilling in Alaska and nearby Arctic waters — a bureaucratic jumble that critics say has stalled development in the region. Today, the Obama administration launched a new inter-agency working group that seeks to put all the agencies on the same page. More »
EPA says all Texas plants will get new air permits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says all 136 Texas plants and refineries operating with permits that violated the Clean Air Act have applied for new paperwork. More »
ExxonMobil begins offering biodiesel in Texas
A Houston terminal is among four sites slated to provide 5 percent biodiesel to fueling stations. More »
Colbert takes on the Friendly Fracosaurus
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert takes a crack at Talisman Terry, the Friendly Fracosaurus. However, the comedian seems to have found a few extra pages of the pro-fracking coloring book. More »
Montana questions Exxon’s estimate of oil spill
Montana environmental regulators want Exxon Mobil to justify its estimate for how much oil spilled into the Yellowstone River, citing the company’s changing timeline on how long the pipeline leaked. More »
The shale fireworks continue to fly
A conservative watchdog group calls on the New York Times to investigate its recent shale gas economics stories, while one of the targets of the group fires back. More »
Global rise in oil and gas hiring seen for rest of 2011
However, companies will remain cautious with investments and hiring, as they were throughout 2010, amid continued uncertainty in the global economy, commodity prices and political upheaval in the Middle East, a new report said. More »
Offshore drilling bill stalled over royalty sharing plan
A controversial plan to give states a greater share of federal revenues for offshore drilling near their coasts has snagged oil and gas legislation in the Senate. Supporters of the revenue-sharing plan for coastal states are closer than ever to advancing the initiative, over the objection of key Senate Democrats. More »
Apache, Crosstex announce $85 million gas plant deal in Texas
Crosstex Energy LP said today it will team up with Apache Corp. on an $85 million natural gas processing facility in west Texas. More »
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