Have an idle oil or gas lease? ‘Use it or lose it,’ say senators *Updated*
Oil companies would be hit with new fees for holding idle, non-productive leases to drill in federal lands and waters, under a proposal advanced by Senate Democrats today. But Texas Railroad...
View ArticlePa. gov: Drilling fee should aid locals, cleanups
Gov. Tom Corbett revealed more details about the kind of fee he wants to impose on the state's booming natural gas industry to pay for regulating it and for the damage it causes, saying some money...
View ArticleW. Va. producers shocked by Marcellus permit fee
A gas industry group says it was blindsided by the high permit fees that West Virginia legislators have proposed for Marcellus shale wells.
View ArticleBloomberg Opinion: Gas tax should be mile fee as cars evolve
For 80 years the U.S. has relied on motor-fuel taxes to pay for road repairs, transit systems and highway construction. This system needs an overhaul because soaring fuel efficiency and a poor economy...
View ArticlePa. Senate’s talks on gas drilling bill will go on
Efforts to write sweeping bipartisan legislation to update the state's laws to address its booming natural gas industry and slap a fee on the drilling companies failed to wrap up in time for a vote...
View ArticlePennsylvania files criminal charges against XTO Energy
Attorney General Kathleen Kane has filed criminal charges against XTO Energy, Inc. over a 2010 spill of natural gas drilling wastewater in Lycoming County.
View ArticleUtilities, solar companies in fight over rates
Sunlight is free, but if you use it to make electricity your power company wants you to pay.
View ArticleBillionaire pushes California lawmakers for oil tax
Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer said Monday that he will launch a campaign next year urging California lawmakers to approve taxes on companies that extract oil in the state.
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