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On June 16, 2011, Representative Anthony Weiner (D-NY) announced his decision to resign his seat from the U.S. House of Representatives.  This announcement comes after weeks of scandal and calls for his resignation, including from President Barack Obama.  Weiner’s resignation opens up one of 23 Democratic seats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  Several Democrats who had to leave the Committee due to new committee ratios in 2011 could replace Weiner.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took three recent actions that bring renewed emphasis to the Agency’s regional haze program. [Read more →]

On May 31, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated John Bryson to head the U.S. Commerce Department.  Bryson is a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, which he left in 1974.  [Read more →]

On May 3, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“DC Circuit”) rejected a petition by Alcoa Power Generating Company (“Alcoa”) to review two FERC orders on the relicensing of the company’s Yadkin River Project in North Carolina. [Read more →]

On April 27, 2011, the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) reported a 1.6 percent decline in domestic gasoline consumption, compared to a year ago; however, the average price for gasoline on Monday, May 2, 2011 in the U.S. was $3.96, a 36 percent increase from last year. [Read more →]