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<title><![CDATA[Energy exports highlight EIA conference, House subcommittee hearing]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:13:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Congress may be ready to discuss US LNG exports as soon as this summer, but won’t likely consider domestic petroleum sales to foreign countries for some time, US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.) predicted at the US Energy Information Administration’s 2013 Energy Conference.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[State air regulators ask to be part of EPA settlement discussions]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:19:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Noting that they are responsible for actually implementing about 90% of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s requirements, air-quality regulators from 48 states have asked to be included when EPA tries to settle lawsuits brought by environmental organizations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Enron analog]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 27 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Executive Branch of the US government is beginning to look like Enron just before bankruptcy. That's not to say the administration of Barack Obama has criminals in high office, as Enron did.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alaskan government proposes new ANWR crude oil resource study]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 27 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Alaska's state government proposed that a new study of potential crude oil resources beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain be conducted before the Obama administration decides whether to designate more of the refuge as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Watching Government: Illuminating a shady process]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 27 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To settle or not to settle, that is the question. Whether it's practical or simply expedient for a federal agency facing legal action to negotiate a compromise so it can use increasingly scarce resources elsewhere is hardly a Shakespearean dilemma.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OGJ Newsletter]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 27 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For the birds]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 27 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Oil companies have been prosecuted for federal crimes when migratory birds died in waste pits at drilling sites, but apparently US President Barack Obama's administration figures eagles whacked out of the air by wind farm turbines simply committed suicide.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MARKET WATCH: Uncertain economy pulls down oil prices]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 12:17:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Crude prices continued falling but at a faster pace May 22, down 2% in the New York futures market on disappointing inventories, a stronger dollar, and lackluster progress in the US economy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US House passes Keystone XL bill despite White House's veto threat]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 10:53:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The US House approved Rep. Lee Terry’s (R-Neb.) bill to bypass the White House and congressionally authorize construction of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline’s northern segment by 241 to 175 votes on May 22.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MARKET WATCH: Oil prices end brief rally as dollar strengthens]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 22 May 2013 13:49:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Oil prices fell with front-month crude down 0.6% in the New York futures market May 21 as the US dollar rallied in expectation the Federal Reserve Bank would maintain current efforts to stimulate the national economy.]]></description>
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