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<title><![CDATA[Jaffe: LNG exports may help put US in stronger global position]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Debate over whether the US should authorize more LNG exports has been too narrowly focused on potential domestic impacts, an energy and geopolitical expert told a US House subcommittee.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BLM releases draft plan to clean up NPR-A legacy wells]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 17:10:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The US Bureau of Land Management’s Anchorage, Alas., office released a draft plan listing near-term priorities and actions to plug and clean up legacy wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, but the draft quickly drew fire from the state’s senior US senator.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[House Republicans form group to examine Endangered Species Act]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 11:24:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thirteen US House Republicans formed a working group to consider ways the federal Endangered Species Act is working, how it could be updated, and how to make it more effective. ESA matters to oil and gas producers as petitions to list species as endangered are filed with the US Fish and Wildlife ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[House panel questions funding support for BLM to regulate fracing]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 12:59:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[US House Natural Resources Committee members from both sides of the aisle questioned whether Congress would be willing to fund a federal hydraulic fracturing regulatory regime at the US Bureau of Land Management.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LNG exports may help put US in stronger global position, Jaffe says]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 23:17:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Debate over whether the US should authorize more LNG exports has been too narrowly focused on potential domestic impacts, an energy and geopolitical expert told a US House subcommittee.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rep. Rigell introduces latest Virginia offshore leasing bill]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:01:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[US Rep. E. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) introduced legislation on Apr. 26 that would make the US Department of the Interior hold an oil and gas lease sale off Virginia’s coast as soon as it was practicable.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[States best qualified to regulate oil, gas, House panel told]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[US states are the most qualified to regulate oil and gas development within their boundaries because they're well acquainted with unique geological and environmental conditions there, officials from three state governments told the US House Natural Resources Committee.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate confirms Jewell's nomination as DOI secretary]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The US Senate confirmed Sally Jewell's nomination as US Interior Secretary on Apr. 10, clearing the way for her to succeed Ken Salazar and lead the federal department during US President Barack Obama's second term.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[House panels discuss Terry's Keystone XL authorization bill]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A second US House subcommittee heard testimony in support of a bill to let Congress approve the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project as the first, which held a hearing on Rep. Lee Terry's (R-Neb.) measure on Apr. 10, marked up HR 3 for consideration by the full Energy and Commerce ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[States best qualified to regulate oil, gas, House panel told]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:46:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[US states are the most qualified to regulate oil and gas development within their boundaries because they’re well acquainted with unique geological and environmental conditions there, officials from three state governments told the US House Natural Resources Committee.]]></description>
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