Prices rocketed to a 31-year high in February 2011 and encouraged farmers to produce more, pushing prices below key 20 cents per pound

Fresh meeting holds out hope of a possible deal but no sign in Baghdad that negotiatiors had managed to bridge any differences

Commodities rebound shaking off some of the recent pessimism, but investors remain wary in the wake of weak economic data from Europe and China

Defence contractor moves further away from core business as it agrees to supply Shell with monitoring equipment used in shale gas extraction

US energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide fell by 450m tonnes over the past five years – the largest drop among all countries surveyed

Despite earlier scepticism among some analysts, Riyadh’s wall of oil is hitting the markets, having pumped 10m b/d in April – the highest in 30 years

US manufacturers attack planned JPMorgan fund backed by physical copper, arguing it would ‘grossly and artificially inflate prices’

US commodities regulator investigates volatile trading period that led to hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for several trading houses

Investors worry about end of the ‘commodities supercycle’ as sovereign debt and Chinese growth worries mount

Commodities trading house is to move legal headquarters from Geneva, in a boost for city state as it fends off competition from other financial centres

CEA Warns Against Costly Fuel Program in Oregon  WASHINGTON – At Governor Kitzhaber’s direction, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued a draft rule for beginning implementation of a state low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) program, calling it a “Clean Fuels Program.” The program closely mirrors other LCFS proposals that have been studi […]

CEA Welcomes Inquiry of Five-Year Offshore Development Plan and Future Needs CEA supports congressional efforts to understand future impacts of Obama Administration’s draft five year plan HOUSTON, TX: Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) strongly supports today’s House Committee on Natural Resources’s hearing highlighting the Obama Administration’s draft fiv […]

May 2012 CEA Newsletter Issue 62 Practical Policies and Sensible Solutions Recently, Consumer Energy Alliance has been hard at work, educating consumers and policymakers of the importance of our national energy policy and urging voters and candidates alike to prioritize energy as part of the debate leading up to the elections in November.  And, we’ve been th […]

CEA Urges Interior to Not List Dunes Sagebrush Lizard: CEA Submits Over 13,000 Comments Highlighting Concern for Energy Development HOUSTON, TX: Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) submitted over 13,000 public comments on Friday from its U.S. consumer-advocates to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that urge the agency not to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as ei […]

HOUSTON, TX- Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) applauds TransCanada’s re-submission of its presidential permit application for the Keystone XL pipeline.  The action is a critical step for a project that is integral in securing reliable energy supplies for the benefit of the U.S. economy, consumers and our nation’s energy security, while providing thousands of j […]

As tens of thousands of energy professionals descend upon Houston this week for the 2012 Offshore Technology Conference, we are reminded just how far technology has come in such a short time.  In the two years since the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, both the private sector and federal regulators have advanced new technologies and practices that [...]

CEA Commends New Hampshire Senate Passage of HB 1487 Bill will prohibit funding for costly low carbon fuel standards without legislative due process WASHINGTON – Earlier today, the New Hampshire Senate passed HB 1487, an act that will prohibit the State from funding participation in any national, state or regional low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) withou […]

The uncertain state of regulation Last week, we learned about plans for a new set of regulations covering natural gas production from hydraulic fracturing. And this week, the Interior Department has said that those forthcoming rules are still being defined and it’s unclear when they will be released. If it sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The [...]

Following is a statement by Tom Amontree, executive vice president for America's Natural Gas Alliance, on the Bureau of Land Management proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing.

Following is a statement by Regina Hopper, president and chief executive officer for America's Natural Gas Alliance, on the announcement that a consortium of natural gas producers has issued recommended standards and practices for exploration and production of natural gas and oil from Appalachian shales.

Following is a statement by Daniel Whitten, vice president of strategic communications for America's Natural Gas Alliance, on the Environmental Protection Agency’s air standards for oil and gas operations.

Following is a statement by Regina Hopper, President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Natural Gas Alliance, on the executive order establishing an interagency working group to coordinate executive branch efforts regarding production of clean, abundant, American natural gas.

Following is a statement by Regina Hopper, President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Natural Gas Alliance, on the one-year anniversary of FracFocus.org, a state-run online registry that offers the public information on the components of hydraulic fracturing fluids used in the natural gas development process.

Following is a statement by America's Natural Gas Alliance Vice President for Strategic Communications Dan Whitten on a report released today on methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure.

Recent announcements from manufacturers Freightliner, Kenworth, Volvo and Cummins that they will expand their natural gas heavy-duty engine product lines are a very encouraging step in our nation’s effort to advance cost-effective alternative-fueled vehicles and reduce pollution on our highways.

“ANGA commends the Environmental Protection Agency on its initial approval of Colorado’s State Implementation Plan for Regional Haze.”

Washington D.C. - Several natural gas-affiliated groups today called on the federal government to create a level playing field when it comes to adopting a fuel economy and GHG emissions plan for manufacturing cleaner, more fuel-efficient vehicles under new standards being proposed for cars and light duty trucks starting in 2017.

“Just 17 days ago, President Obama, in his State of the Union address, noted our nation’s vast discoveries of natural gas and its extraordinary promise to our economic, energy security and environmental interests."

Interesting report in the Boston Globe about how a ripple of economic benefits from shale natural gas development is reaching a non-energy state, Massachusetts. Clean Harbors, Inc., a Norwell, Mass., company that delivers environmental services, estimates that demand for its know-how from shale-rich Pennsylvania generated 25 percent of its $2 billion in reve […]

TransCanada President and CEO Russ Girling has a letter to the editor in the New York Times after the newspaper’s recent editorial criticizing the Keystone XL pipeline. Main points: The Keystone XL would feature the strongest steel and would conform to the highest safety standards. TransCanada already has agreed to 57 special conditions laid out by the […]

American-made energy. With the Energy Information Administration projecting that the United States will need more than 16 percent additional energy by 2035, the idea that we could, before then, see 100 percent of our liquid fuel needs met domestically and from Canada is huge. Make that gigantic. Increased access to American energy resources is the key. API […]

Check out this video by WPX Energy that describes the careful way energy companies are using water from Donegal Lake in south central Pennsylvania for hydraulic fracturing. Regulatory Manager David Freudenrich notes that water levels in the lake are carefully monitored to make sure the lake has plenty of water for fishing and surface recreation. Below certai […]

A South Korean state-run oil company, the Korean National Oil Corporation, is a part of the group that includes Apollo Global Management, Riverstone Holdings and Access Industries.

There are no options to police conflicts among investment bankers as there are in the law. Indeed, conflicts of interest appear to be almost a cost of doing business on Wall Street these days.

Shareholders of the natural gas pipeline operator El Paso Corporation overwhelmingly approve takeover bid by Kinder Morgan, originally valued at $21.1 billion.

Being a visionary leader, or at least thinking you are, can propel corporate chieftains to great heights, but it can also lead to extreme narcissism. And the victims are often shareholders.

In a letter to employees, Douglas L. Foshee said he acted properly in negotiating the sale of the El Paso Corporation to Kinder Morgan, despite criticism from a Delaware judge.

Andrew Ross Sorkin DealBook column discusses recent revelations that Goldman Sachs, in an advisory role in Kinder Morgan's deal for El Paso, was on every conceivable side of the negotiations, and El Paso may have unwittingly sold itself for far too cheap a price; holds Goldman's brazenness in the deal is nothing short of breathtaking, and is just a […]

DealBook Online; bill in Congress might give companies caught in government investigations a mechanism to recover some payments if a former officer or director is found to have violated the law; Mike Stewart, JPMorgan Chase head of proprietary trading, is leaving to start his own hedge fund; El Paso Corp pushes back shareholders vote on company's planne […]

In an advisory role in a deal for the El Paso Corporation, Goldman Sachs was on every conceivable side of the negotiations, and El Paso may have unwittingly sold itself at far too cheap a price.

The El Paso Corporation said it pushed back the meeting by a few days, to allow shareholders to weigh a Delaware judge's criticism of the process that led to the company's $21.1 billion sale to Kinder Morgan.

While its liability exposure is limited, the El Paso Corporation's investment bank, Goldman Sachs, sustains another blow to its reputation, argues the Deal Professor.