A decade’s worth of coal sales to be scrutinized by Interior, Senate *

USA - March 1 2013
February saw outgoing Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar respond to a joint letter by leaders of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee…

Co-authors: Jeff Perry.

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Oil, gas, and mining companies encouraged to submit nominations by August 27 for U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Advisory Committee *

USA - August 1 2012
The U.S. Department of the Interior is seeking nominations for the U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (USEITI) Advisory Committee

Co-authors: Kenneth S Culotta (Ken), Jeff Perry.

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Courts reject post-Deepwater Horizon environmental challenges *

USA - June 1 2012
Soon after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, environmental groups launched wide-ranging challenges to all phases of offshore oil and gas exploration and development.

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European Commission conducts ‘dawn raids’ at Europe’s largest electricity exchanges *

European Union - February 10 2012
On February 7, 2012, the European Commission announced that its officials had conducted unannounced inspections (so-called 'dawn raids') at the premises of companies active in managing power exchanges in several EU member states (Commission MEMO/12/78).

Co-authors: Suzanne L Rab, Kenneth S Culotta (Ken), Jeff Spigel, Nilufar B Anwar , Kevin Sullivan.

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Office of Fair Trading market study on off-grid energy says consumer law enforcement rather than regulation is needed *

United Kingdom - October 19 2011
On October 18, 2011, the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading published the findings of its market study on off-grid energy.

Co-authors: Suzanne L Rab, Jeff Spigel, Kevin Sullivan.

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